The Mayor of Boston MA is Thomas Meneno.
Here’s the report on new talks with the alderman.
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ER… That article is about Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, not Chicago Alderman Moreno.
That’s why I always quote the post to which I’m referring.
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That’s why I always quote the post to which I’m referring.
I think San Francisco has a policy about providing benefits to partners. You might Google that. I believe that it is in force.
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That either.
In my county, any business that wants to build new buildings of any kind (even say a farmer sold a field that they want to build homes in), has to be approved at a monthly meeting. There are five people on the board who vote. People show up to fight for or against the new development (for what ever reasons, including John Doe sucks) and then the five people vote. You can almost guess their vote in advance based on who is friends with whom. And this happens for each individual new establishment. (So, if a Chick-Fil-A bought a Burger King they could remodel it without this process). So, in my area, individual businesses can be blocked from building new construction just because the people don’t like them.
Why do you supposed that a strip club would be barred from being within (say) 1000 feet of a Church if not for religious reasons? Their peak hours don’t exactly overlap (the Church could probably even charge parking fees as a revenue stream). A facade embellished with busty women wouldn’t interfere with access any more than any other business front.
I’m not sure if this is what you’re getting at, but** Bricker** did quote** Ludovic** in his post, which is why I was a little surprised at the responses he got. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15336599&postcount=4
Reminds me of a conversation I had yesterday, when my stepdad and crazy uncle dropped by my house (80 miles away from their homes):
“So, looks like neither of our counties could muster up enough opposition to vote our sheriffs out of office in yesterday’s primary. How’d the transportation tax come out in your district?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t vote. Waste of time.”
“So what brings you to [my town]?”
“We’re going to ChickFilA.”
:smack:
(Weeping. Weeping.)
I love my dad and uncle, but da hell?!
I’ve been boycotting ChickFilA ever since I graduated from IU. It was the only restaurant in our library and I was beyond sick of it by the time I graduated.
Trampled bushes, trashed the parking lot, that kind of thing?
No, I meant that the supposed damages I spoke of above – the architect fees incurred when they thought they could not get into their second Chicago location – will be mor than offset by increased sales.
“‘But you have to respect their beliefs. You have to respect everyone’s beliefs.’ No you don’t. We have to acknowledge everyone’s beliefs, but then we have to reserve the right to say, ‘That’s fucking stupid.’ Look, I have an uncle who believes he saw Bigfoot. We don’t believe him, nor do we respect him!”
Patton Oswalt, being right about stuff again.
I’ve been boycotting Chick-Fil-A all my life but that’s only because there isn’t one anywhere around here that I know of.
Goddamit. :smack:
I didn’t even know there was a Chick-Fil-A in town until yesterday. I guess there were huge lines there too. I am moderately interested in politics, but no way would I wait in line for 2 hours for any fast food just to make a point. According to an article in the Des Moines Register, some people stood in line for that long.
Gotta admire the dedication.
I don’t admire the position, but I have long held to the belief that the world would be a better place if everybody just minded their own damn business. Not your marriage, none of your bees-wax.
As I mentioned in another thread, the first Chick-Fil-A opens in the Bay Area on August 16, in San Jose. It should be interesting to see the reaction.
Wouldn’t he have to demonstrate some religious reason for donating to Focus on the Family (which I think was the motivator for not allowing him to open a restaurant)? Or would it be under speech grounds, following the precedent from Citizens United? Any money deprived of a business which could be used on speech is speech and thus regulations are unconstitutional?
Is operating such a franchise (the specific one being opened) necessary to practice religion? Does prohibiting those donating to Focus on the Family an undue burden?
Maybe she was flustered when she realised her admission about only reading the New Statesman and Mother Jones wouldn’t be received well.