Civil Disobedience in Chicago
Is this the place to draw the line:
CHICAGO - Five months after the city ordered restaurants to stop selling foie gras, it’s liver and let liver in Chicago.
While some fancy restaurants and gourmet shops no longer offer the goose or duck liver delicacy, others are flouting the ban, listing foie gras on their menus and, in one case, framing the city’s warning letter.
Evoking Chicago’s Prohibition-era past, when a password could gain entry into a speakeasy, at least one restaurant is rumored to be serving foie gras to customers who ask for the “special lobster” dish.
And one place has cleverly skirted the ban by offering foie gras as a complimentary item. (The city ordinance bans the SALE of foie gras.)
The city has sent out but a smattering of warning letters, conducted one inspection and has yet to levy its first fine, making it clear that is has little stomach for sniffing out violators of the nation’s first ban on foie gras.
“We need to focus as much as possible on things that actually make people sick and kill people,” said Health Department spokesman Tim Hadac. “Our mission is to protect human health and not the health of geese and ducks.”
Hadac called the ban the department’s lowest priority.
Mayor Richard Daley was quoted in the article as saying that this is the silliest measure the city council has ever passed. I’ve not spent much time in Chicago. The last time I went through their airport I was taken aback by all of the “Welcome to Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley” signs. Is that guy an egomaniac or what.
Anyway back to the story. It’s my opinion that stupid laws engender disrespect for good laws and law enforcement. What they should do is engender disrespect and a new career for the politicians that advocate for said stupid laws.
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