Chef Joan Cheever serves high quality, healthy meals to the homeless people of San Antonio, Texas out of her food truck each week, a project she started in 2005. Though she's been running the "Chow Train" for years, local police recently slammed Cheever with a ticket carrying a fine of up to $2,000 because she brought prepared meals to the feeding location in a pick-up truck, take-out style:
There will be a candlelight vigil tonight at 8 pm in Maverick Park (Broadway and Jones) -- aka the scene of "the crime"...
Posted by The Chow Train on Tuesday, April 14, 2015
As the court date to contest the ticket approaches, Cheever is considering mounting a religious freedom defense, citing laws very similar to the RFRA, which caused so much controversy in Indiana this spring. "This is how I pray," she says, "when I cook this food and deliver it to the people who are less fortunate."
In the meantime, Cheever will continue to serve weekly meals in spite of the ticket.