DeMint Keeps Up the Pressure
Senator DeMint, along with some of his colleagues, has introduced legislation to cease certain earmarks slated for Berkeley. One such earmark is a school lunch program offered by an upscale restaurant, Chez Panisse. So much for peanut butter and jelly!
Senator DeMint’s office also released a video this week featuring “outtakes” from the Berkeley City Council Meeting where the original resolution was introduced:
Funny, I guess you can judge a book by its cover.
Local News Report
The back peddling continues as demonstrated during this news piece. The Berkeley City Council is expected to “discuss” this issue again at their next council meeting (scheduled for 2/12/2008). Somehow I suspect the audience in attendance that night may not be what the City Councilors, or for that matter the City of Berkeley, are normally use to.
The spineless Mayor of Berkeley, Tom Bates, now believes “they may have gone too far.” Gee, ya think!
And what about school employee Mark Coplan’s using children as “human shields” (referring to the school lunch program provided by local restaurant Chez Panissa) to place the blame for this mess away from the very people responsible, the Berkeley City Council! Chez Panisse is a private restaurant, which is very successful, that does not provide the school lunches for free. I am sure Chez Panissa does an wonderful job, but I question whether the amount of money spent on the program is the “best bang for the buck.”
San Francisco Gate Newspaper
This is a link to the photo log featuring the protesters “blocking” the entrance to the Berkeley Marine Recruiting Station:
The protesters are in fact physically assaulting everyday citizens as the try to enter the building. And what was the police response? Nothing!
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2 comments:
Chez Panisse does not provide lunches to school children, and is not the beneficiary of any Congressional earmark. The funds are to go to the Chez Panisse Foundation, whose books are quite separate from the restaurant.
Thanks for the info. I didn't get that information from the stories that I have read and seen, nor do I see a real distinction on Chez Panisse's own webpage.
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