In my Twitter (ok, not my inbox this time). RAY, I know you are with me. 😉
-JAY
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Yes On Title 24 Chapter 5
www.yesontitle24.com
Dear Food Truck Enthusiast, we need your help urgently!
Some very powerful businesses are lobbying the City Council to prevent us from serving you where you work.
The DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), on the other hand, has proposed vending regulations that would allow us to continue to serve you AND allow for a more vibrant vending culture in the District.
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DCRA needs comments on record for these new regulations, Title 24 of Chapter 5 (http://tiny.cc/bnn4q). It is paramount that you voice your opinion on street vending and food trucks by emailing DCRA at helder.gil@dc.gov
live links at bottom of page. look down, scroll down. look closer, you got it.
Time is of the essence. Comments need to be in by next Wednesday, August 25th.
Please act now and email Helder today! Thank you.
Learn more about these proposed regulations.
Here’s a draft of what it could say, but certainly feel free to use your own thoughts and language. If you’re a DC resident, please say so in your email.
Subject: I Support Title 24 Chapter 5
Dear City Council,
I am writing to support the current proposed DCRA regulation Title 24 Chapter 5 that will allow mobile vendors to stay in DC and continue offering more choices and value to consumers.
Please do not allow the introduction of any discriminatory language into these regulations that would limit mobile vendors or food trucks.
Please pass the regulations as written and protect the diverse, growing and small business vending options in the city.
Thank you,
You
Email us at: yesontitle24@gmail.com , Helder.Gil@dc.gov
Visit us at: http://tiny.cc/bnn4q
2 Responses
that’s funny, if you didn’t write this, I would have.
Other cities have faced similar issues when dealing with the food truck trend. The debate is raging in Los Angeles, which has the added sticking point of litter – for the most part, D.C. citizens are exceedingly conscious of their trash, especially at lunch, and Los Angeles…well…let’s put it this way, you don’t need to go to a store to get a mattress in L.A. – but it shows the lengths that brick-and-mortar restaurants will take to protect their supposed-turf. Nevermind that McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway, etc…, all churn out a lot of potential litter each day as well. In any event, here is some of the coverage of the L.A. battle.
(Oh, and, well, MAYBE some of the trucks ALLEGEDLY are POSSIBLY selling more than food. Wink-wink. Nudge-nudge.)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0b957db6-abe9-11df-bfa7-00144feabdc0.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/should-la-ban-food-trucks-from-parking-on-city-streets-tell-us-what-you-think.html
http://www.saveourfoodtrucks.org/
http://saveourtacotrucks.org/
Lisa Shapiro at the Examiner just wrote this:
http://www.examiner.com/dc-in-washington-dc/the-hot-dc-food-truck-debate-continues
-JAY