Lawmaker takes aim at food trucks, and more
A California lawmaker wants to ban food trucks from within 1,500 feet of schools—farther away than medical marijuana stores must be.
Lawmaker takes aim at food trucks
A California lawmaker wants to ban food trucks from within 1,500 feet of schools—farther away than medical marijuana stores must be. Democratic Assemblyman William Monning acknowledges that gourmet food trucks are wildly popular, but says that “the trucks that are coming to the schools are pushing low-cost, sugar-sweetened beverages and high-sodium snacks.” Added Monning, “the kids aren’t paying $17 for a risotto.”
Nashville teacher dampens teen ardor
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A teacher at a Nashville high school was suspended for allegedly throwing a bucket of water over a pair of teenagers he saw kissing in a hallway. The teacher, not named by the school, posted on his Facebook page that his dousing of the pair “seemed to work and they stopped,” adding, “Keep me in your prayers, peeps.”
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