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
I hope someday America comes to embrace push-cart vendors of all types.
ReplyDeleteWhat 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.