New York City's attempt to keep people from fattening up on sugary soft drinks, by banning some of them, would disproportionately hurt small, minority-owned businesses, according to the NAACP and the Hispanic Federation. The two groups have filed
a joint brief supporting a lawsuit by the American Beverage Association
in which they say New York's unelected Board of Health overstepped its
power in approving the ban the sale of sugary drinks bigger than 16
ounces in certain city venues. Due to take effect in
March, the ban is meant to combat obesity and encourage residents to
live healthier lifestyles, according to the New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's office. But many have decried the ban as a sign of the
growing "nanny-state" and an unfair intrusion on personal freedom...more
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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