Los Angeles City Council endorses 'meatless Mondays'

[Sir Loin]

Do you believe this??????????
California, truly the land of fruits and NUTS!!
Why Monday?? In my day you weren't suppose to eat meat on Friday?
Fri. was always known as fish day.
SL

Los Angeles City Council endorses 'meatless Mondays'
November 12, 2012, 4:08 PM

From the City Council that declared war on trans-fats and fast-food restaurants comes the latest way to make residents feel, well, guilty about what they eat.
The Los Angeles council, in a 14-0 vote on Friday, adopted a resolution urging residents to adopt a personal pledge to have a "meatless Monday."
While it does not have the force of law and police will not be checking what you brought to work for lunch, city officials said they hope it will start a trend, make residents healthier and reduce the impact on the environment.
"This follows the `good food' agenda we recently adopted supporting local, sustainable food choices," said Councilwoman Jan Perry, who has called for a ban on new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles to fight obesity.
"We can reduce saturated fats and reduce the risk of heart disease by 19 percent," Perry said. "While this is a symbolic gesture, it is asking people to think about the food choices they make. Eating less meat can reverse some of our nation's most common illnesses."

Source:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57548625/los-angeles-city-council-backs-meatless-mondays/

 

[dun]

Sounds like "Moonbeam" is having his weird affect all over the state
That's in the same category as newyork passing a law against large drinks, i.e. supersize softdrinks etc.

 

[Jogeephus]

What surprises me is that you seem surprised by this. It is afterall, California.

 

[Caustic Burno]

What surprises me is that you seem surprised by this. It is afterall, California.

Most likely getting their protien from other sources under the blue light's.

 

[TexasBred]

Went half my life with "meatless fridays"....would not even consider adding another meatless day.

 

[Limomike]

Why dont they really do something worthwhile and have a "drinkless" (as in alcoholic drink) day...

 

[Angus Guy]

They would lose to many tax dollars if they did that. :bang:

 

[cow pollinater]

What surprises me is that you seem surprised by this. It is afterall, California.

It's LA... The middle of the state and even some of the populated areas in the south are solid red.