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Slater’s 50/50 founder Scott Slater on the Los Angeles City Council urging the city’s residents to not eat meat on Mondays.
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This is actually true there's seriously consider a Los Angeles -- -- a resolution to encourage.
Meatless Monday it sort of way for the city to start getting healthier frankly I as and so there have been saying no tofu Tuesdays but.
Enough about me and my plans to this meatless Monday planet where that's going -- Created a 100% ground bacon burger its latest 5050 founder and owner Scott's latest what -- you -- what is Richardson.
Some more borrowing needs -- that -- What do you get us.
I you know I -- I commend their efforts had to pass a something that that telling you -- -- help out the city of LA but.
That make too -- -- for City Council be spent -- -- on -- resolution like this just a suggestion I think there's better things to worry about Los Angeles.
My well you're here you're running you know a billion in the red -- might focus on that before.
Refused to negotiate whether I have a burger or not but it is part of a pattern right across the country.
Mayor Bloomberg would -- you know that the the big gulps those sodas.
Put an end of that and on and on we go would Citi -- to city state after state now the country.
You know it's police -- us and yeah they say our own benefit because we're not doing ourselves a we're -- and a boatload of money as a result what are you said.
-- accept the responsibility I we promote.
At least my restaurant and more choice so we have a veggie burger we have a Turkey burger and we certainly have via the bacon burger you've mentioned that is at a -- -- in Turkey burgers them.
Not to -- I've needed their for their phenomenal -- -- -- -- is that not only is this your cover right you're not really selling many Middle East you could -- the food police pallidotomy here.
-- -- for the food believes it's for the it's for the gasping GAAP it's it is it helps out to have that -- and it's the same thing gets its.
You know -- -- you know shorter and you don't need government usually only Bloomberg you don't need a year ago so you don't need that city councilor.
Tell you what to hear what not to eat that's that's that's for the consumer to decide nets or for providing.
All right but you know they would look at what your -- is -- in number girl to date whatever it is it's like the doesn't have like one million galleries -- -- -- -- And I had no idea how many calories but that was just just in my defense that was that was just the what that a one time deal in the -- I understand science and I've I've regret that it was just a one time that.
But what you're coming -- was what you -- do you have a lot of attention.
But the idea was that this is choice but now -- just around.
They turnarounds -- that is those are trying to rein in this type of tourists that it would it it it brings up all our.
Our health care costs what do you -- Again people are gonna eat people are gonna eat what they -- -- eat regardless of who's who's providing it so whether or not the city of Los Angeles want to pass a resolution or suggestion.
To not eat -- on Monday does that doesn't mean -- thing.
It's they ultimately it's gonna be the consumer's choice on what they're gonna eat where they're gonna eat.
That -- I don't battle to the purpose of it it's -- gets you gets on the news but.
You know I'm gonna continue to provide my consumers want -- -- soon -- it's -- there wasn't very loud bang in our studio that was not Michelle Obama.
Coming in and dissenting.
What did you say about the that they convert our Scott -- thank you very very much -- singing and they feel good to see again -- coming.
