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I did read the article. Thank you for asking. Imagine a discussion like this: "People want food trucks!" "Ok, let's allow existing restaurants to roll them out
by jusben1369 14y ago
I did read the article. Thank you for asking. Imagine a discussion like this:
"People want food trucks!" "Ok, let's allow existing restaurants to roll them out as we know they already have all the processes in place around support for hygienic food preparation and delivery. As for these new food trucks, we'll have to work out how to ensure they also follow these processes, how we'll license them and how we'll tax them so it's a fair playing field." It's not hard to reconcile that with the following opaque wording from the article:
"It doesn’t have anything to do with protecting the public’s health or safety – that’s covered in other provisions of Evanston’s food- truck ordinance." So is Evanston regulating food trucks to protect the public's health or are they not?
- davesims 14y ago"So is Evanston regulating food trucks to protect the public's health or are they not?" Yes, they are. They also arbitrarily prevent anyone other than brick-and-mortar restaurant owners from operating a food truck. That was the whole point of the article.