Columbia, South Carolina Food Trucks Win Victory over Protectionist Restaurant Association
COLUMBIA, SC - "The new guys in the food game were served a victory at Columbia city council Tuesday night.
A nearly two-hour public hearing on proposals by the Columbia Restaurant Association to keep the increasingly popular food trucks from parking too close to traditional restaurants ended with council voting 5-1 to adopt an ordinance drawn up by the city's planning commission that included none of the restaurant association's extreme measures."
In the video above, Scott Hall, owner of Bone-In Artisan Barbeque on Wheels asks, "Is it City Council's job to protect existing restaurants from legal competition? I certainly don't think it is."
HT: Madison Felder
HT: Madison Felder
1 Comments:
I hope someday America comes to embrace push-cart vendors of all types.
What better signal to send to citizens than "pay a couple hundred for a cart, roll around town and start your retailing business."
Consumers would benefit from lower prices.
Usually, small-minded city councils, at the behest of local businesses, put the kibosh on street-vending.
Local and state governments in the USA are the worst abusers of commercial freedoms.
And tell me again why we license lawyers? These guys are nothing more than fancy clerks.
Post a Comment
<< Home