The Supervisors had voted 8 to 3 in favor of the Happy Meal Ban. It takes an 8 to 3 vote to overturn a veto.
The Board of Supervisors is expected to overturn the mayor's veto.
Mayor Newsom's reasoning for the veto sounded quite reasonable. As in he basically believes it is not the government's business to dictate what a restaurant can put on its menu. Or to do the parenting job for parents.
I really am not understanding how it can even be legal to dictate the contents of a Happy Meal.
Why not just make only the Fat Kids to get the "improved" Happy Meals? How is it fair to punish the healthy weighted kids who want a normal Happy Meal?
Why stop with just tinkering with Happy Meals? Why doesn't the San Francisco Board of Supervisors vote to install Food Police in all San Francisco grocery stores. Ban the sale of any junk food to any person who has an Fat Kid with them.
Or make all San Francisco parents take their kids in for a Fat Inspection. If they pass they get a Happy Meal Junk Food license. To buy a Happy Meal or Junk Food, the license must be shown.
Of course this would just make a Happy Meal Junk Food Black Market. Or send parents with Fat Kids outside the borders of San Francisco to get their Happy Meals and Junk Food.
I am sort of embarrassed for San Francisco over this Happy Meal nonsense. Seems like the town has a good mayor though.
And doing something about Childhood Obesity is a worthy goal. But, changing the contents of Happy Meals won't help all victims of Childhood Obesity, like the girl you'll meet in the YouTube video below....
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