Life in "Progess" state - New York edition

From the Empire state of New York who hasn't had a conservative in state government since Dag bought his first wheel from Ug for a couple of raccoon pelts................

You know New York's got an underfunded pension crisis on it's lap but nevermind that. The real quality of life issue in New York is salt in food.............

Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

"No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129 , states in part.

The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz , D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation.

"The consumer needs to make their own health choices. Just as doctors and the occasional visit to a hospital can't truly control how a person chooses to maintain their health, neither can chefs nor the occasional visit to a restaurant," said Jeff Nathan, the executive chef and co-owner of Abigael's on Broadway. "Modifying trans fats and sodium intake needs to be home based for optimal health. Regulating restaurants will not solve this health issue."

Nathan is part of the group My Food My Choice , which calls itself a coalition of chefs, restaurant owners, and consumers, called the proposed law "absurd" in a press release issued on its Facebook page.

Ortiz has said the salt ban would allow restaurant patrons to decide how salty they want their meals to be.

"In this way, consumers have more control over the amount of sodium they intake, and are given the option to exercise healthier diets and healthier lifestyles," Ortiz said, according to a Nation's Restaurant News report.

They already have that douche bag. It's called not eating out.

How is that the party of pro-choice is all about choice when it comes to slicing and dicing babies but when it comes to things like..... oh..... say schools for our children, salt in our food, transfat on our fries, smoking, drinking etc.

First, they came for the rosemary but I said nothing because I wasn't rosemary........

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