Chicago Repeals Foie Gras Ban
The Chicago Tribune is reporting:
Over the shouted objections of Ald. Joe Moore (49th), the ban's sponsor, the council used a parliamentary manuever to put the ordinance on the floor for a vote.
The council voted 37-6 to repeal the two-year-old ban, which critics argued had made Chicago--and the City Council--a national laughingstock.
And the folks at D'Artagnan just sent out an email blast celebrating. The D'Artagnan missive, after the jump.
Dear Friend of Foie Gras,
There will be much rejoicing today, as chefs in all the best restaurants of the country celebrate the repeal of the foie gras ban in Chicago.
Passing 37-6, the repeal of the ban is a 21st century equivalent to the repeal on Prohibition! It stands for freedom of choice, common sense, truth and most importantly, freedom to eat!!
We commend the Chicago City Council for voting on this fair and square, unlike the clandestine maneuver of April 2006, when the ban was buried in an unread collection of routine legal matters.
The animal rights extremists have attempted to repeat their Chicago strategy in other states and cities in the Land of the Free. They petitioned and protested, but NY, NJ, CT, IL, MI, HI, MA, MD, and Philadelphia have resisted their efforts!! Feel free to eat foie gras in any of these places!
Today, please raise a glass with us...and a plate of foie gras...to celebrate the victory of family farmers who work hard to give us wholesome foods, and to freedom of choice on our menus.
Vive le foie gras!!
Foie Gras for President in 2008!!
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7 Comments:
w00tz!!!!!!
simon at 4:29PM on 05/14/08
Foie Gras for President in 2008? Fat we can believe in!
foieduckie at 4:47PM on 05/14/08
Hoo-rah!
Ali at 4:57PM on 05/14/08
*cheer*
Nezrite at 5:08PM on 05/14/08
I'm Foie Gras, and I approved this message.
sixsonnets at 5:27PM on 05/14/08
Yay!!!!
Amandarama at 7:20AM on 05/15/08
To ban Foie Gras should be illegal. Seriously.
Butrflygirly at 12:56PM on 05/15/08