Monday, August 4, 2008

Fast Food Banned in Poor Neighborhood


Last Thursday, the LA City Council passed an ordinance stopping the construction of new fast food joints in a low income neighborhood. Currently the moratorium is set at one year but might well be extended to two years or indefinitely. Read the article from Slate plus a follow-up posted today.

1 comment:

Epi said...

...because people in that tax bracket would then be encouraged to spend their entire income on overpriced organic hype.

or maybe they'll just eat cheetos instead; which is more likely?