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		<title>Food Truck Congestion Pricing</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/06/22/food-truck-congestion-pricing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Craig Gaines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of food trucks slowed traffic during afternoon rush hour last Thursday in a mass protest of the city’s new congestion-pricing scheme. The act of civil disobedience, coordinated by the Mobile Food Providers Alliance, delayed commuters on their way home from work by up to 90 minutes. At 5:30 p.m., at least 215 food trucks pulled onto the Riverside Parkway and drove 15 mph. The speed brought traffic to a standstill, and was symbolic of the new toll the trucks will have to pay on the city’s highways, starting Monday. The toll plan, which City Council passed two weeks ago, seeks to discourage the city’s taco trucks and other mobile restaurants from taking to the highways at peak traffic periods. Trucks that do so will be required to pay a $15 fee. At a press conference before the traffic protest, Elena Cardozo, who operates Luchita’s Mobile Taco Truck No. 1 and is a co-organizer of the alliance, called the fee “industrial discrimination.” But City Council President Martin Wernstrom, who has asked the city attorney to bring public endangerment charges against the group, says the pricing scheme only makes sense given the burgeoning number of food trucks in the city. “When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nice Work If You Can Get It: Fighting Faux Mormon Corn</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/03/09/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it-fighting-faux-mormon-corn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasional survey of jobs both unusual and extraordinary, and the people who make them happen. The company which employs Torbjorn Bruhn keeps this bookish, blond-haired, forty-two year old lawyer hopping -  even though it hasn&#8217;t produced a single product in more than thirty years. As the official &#8220;copyright bulldog&#8221; of the Hearth&#8217;s Delight estate, Bruhn&#8217;s responsibility is ensuring that the now-defunct local candy manufacturer&#8217;s copyrights and trademarks stay out of the public domain.  &#8220;The will (of Hearth&#8217;s Delight founder and Norwegian expatriate Magnus Halvurson) made it very clear; the sole responsibility of the executor is to use the resources of the estate to keep the intellectual property of the company intact.&#8221; Bruhn (employed by Halvurson&#8217;s grand-nephew and recipient of the Hearth&#8217;s Delight fortune, Howard Schmitt) says his closest call came when the California-based candy outlet and mall-staple The Sweet Factory began releasing Mormon Corn and Cinnamon Texans – familiar and popular Hearth&#8217;s Delight &#8216;Penny Candy&#8217; classics &#8211; under their own banner. &#8220;We put an end to that, tout suite,&#8221; says Bruhn – or did he mean &#8220;Toot sweet&#8221;? To maintain its copyright, the company releases fifty limited edition &#8220;Proof of Intent Packages&#8221; once every three years – plain cardboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eat at Joe&#8217;s Riots</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2009/01/05/the-eat-at-joes-riots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special dispensation was granted last Friday by the City Council to Ontario-based Sports Restaurant chain “Shoeless Joe’s” to establish a franchise within city limits, making it the first local eatery since the 1931 passing of a restrictive city ordinance to be allowed to use the name “Joe” in its advertising and logo. Why “Joe,” you might ask? Why not restrictions on the names “Andy” or “Bud” (no great favor to local diners “Andy’s Five and Dime” and “Bud’s Burgers”), or “Anna” (likewise for “ABC: Anna’s Bagels and Coffee”)? Well, simply put – no one ever died because of a restaurant named after an Andy, a Bud or an Anna. Throughout the 1920’s, the city experienced a financial boom, with the urban area increasing in both size and global financial prominence, and the populace increasingly moving towards suburbs away from the business centers where they plugged away for a weekly paycheck. Along with this roiling bubble of prosperity came a boom in local restaurateurs, cafes and delis and bistros popping up along the avenues of the business district to feed a hungry population of number-crunchers, secretaries and executives alike, all of whom were far removed from their own personal iceboxes until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Politics, Plumber, Pancakes</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/10/24/friday-facts-politics-plumber-pancakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Republican City Councilwoman Maribeth Cosgrove currently has a nine point lead over Democratic incumbent Joseph Wilders in polls released this morning in advance of the mayoral election. :: City Treasurer Donald Munro reports that Mayor Wilders has spent $1,192 of his own funds on clothing during his current re-election campaign. An additional $29.95 in campaign clothing expenses was reported, purchased by an anonymous donor. :: If you think showing up to a Halloween party this year as &#8220;Joe the Plumber&#8221; will show off your creativity and topicality, perhaps you&#8217;d better think twice. Local costume shop Alter Ego reports the ubiquitous everyman has been so popular as a costume, that they&#8217;ve been forced to back order &#8220;prop plungers, bald caps and prosthetic ass-cracks.&#8221; :: This October 29 marks the 120th anniversary of Industry Island, an experimental community founded by the virulently anti-Catholic Rev.Callum Fry in 1888. The original community was disbanded in 1891, but the many parks and trails crafted by the Reverend&#8217;s community remains a popular destination for day-trippers. :: City Marathon winners (men’s open division) by nationality since 2001: 3 Kenyans, 2 Mexicans, 1 Ethiopian, 1 Eritrean and 1 U.S citizen (Orlando, FL) :: City Symphony guest conductors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Gets Hands In &#8216;Overly Diffused Muffins&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/10/07/city-council-gets-hands-in-overly-diffused-muffins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Wilders issued a statement today reminding all bakeries, restaurants and members of the Independent Mobile Food Vendors Association in the city that enforcement of the new regulation against &#8220;overly diffused muffins&#8221; begins next Monday. As passed by the City Council in the spring, all muffins baked within City limits are required to contain at least 18% non-dough-based content, such as fruits, nuts, chocolate or any of the dozens of exceptions granted by the Food Quality Subcommittee&#8217;s &#8220;Pastry Content Exception Document.&#8221; The measure was passed in response to growing complaints that local bakers&#8217; efforts to undercut each others&#8217; prices had lead to widespread filling reductions. Incidents of blueberry muffins with single-digit numbers of blueberries were widely reported. &#8220;In addition to stepped-up law enforcement, we are relying on community enforcement of this regulation,&#8221; said Mayor Wilders. &#8220;Suspicious pastries can be brought to the Food Quality Department at the Department of Health in room 419B of the City Hall Annex. There, spectroscopic analysis can be completed in a few short minutes to determine the filling-to-dough ratio.&#8221; Violators of the 18% limit are subject to fines ranging from $5 to $50, depending on severity of the offense. The Mayor noted that the spectroscopic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nice Work If You Can Get It: Having Your Cake And Respecting It In The Morning</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/08/28/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it-having-your-cake-and-respecting-it-in-the-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasional survey of jobs both unusual and extraordinary, and the people who make them happen. Theron Wagner remembers his bachelor party vividly – it was the day he realized that he might be in the wrong line of work. &#8220;We had it down at Funland Pizza, I got everyone twenty dollars worth of tokens and five whole pepperoni pizzas.&#8221; He chose Funland because the Mormon-owned pizzeria prohibits the sale of alcohol or caffeinated beverages, providing instead six rooms of arcade games and a pair of karaoke stages. &#8220;A lot of my co-workers were invited, but most of them left after an hour or so,&#8221; Theron recalls, &#8220;You work pretty hard at a bakery and I think they were all expecting to cut loose with something more than good old-fashioned fun and friendly company. My manager Dale actually asked me when the strippers were going to arrive.&#8221; He laughs, adding &#8220;Where would they dance, the skeeball lanes?&#8221; &#8220;I didn&#8217;t see why a group of guys couldn&#8217;t get together to celebrate the most important day of a co-worker&#8217;s life without alcohol or naked women. My friends from church and I were more than happy to enjoy each others&#8217; company, a pitcher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nice Work If You Can Get It: Otter Popularity</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/08/14/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it-otter-popularity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasional survey of jobs both unusual and extraordinary, and the people who make them happen. Juan Booth, 53, has the kind of job that makes your mouth water. For almost forty years, Booth has been Chief Flavor Technician at Jel-Sert, the company which produces the world-famous Summertime treat, Otter Pops. &#8220;It&#8217;s exciting,&#8221; says the grandfatherly Booth, &#8220;And fun, but it is also hard work.&#8221; Booth isn&#8217;t kidding, having spent twelve years and thousands of dollars in tuition to achieve his multiple degrees in Food Chemistry. &#8220;This job requires long hours, just like any job, but at least there&#8217;s plenty of Otter Pop breaks during the day!&#8221; Booth began his career in 1973 with National Pax, the originators of the Otter Pop brand, before moving to Jel Sert when that company acquired the rights in 1996. &#8220;They added more fruit juice to the Otter Pop,&#8221; says Booth, &#8220;Which opens up a lot of doors for natural flavorings.&#8221; What exciting new flavors of Otter Pop might be waiting in our grocers&#8217; freezers down the line? &#8220;Well, I&#8217;ve almost perfected a peppermint pop, which ought to be extra refreshing on hot days. We&#8217;ve also been experimenting with flavors for a gourmet Otter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Takeover of Beloved Cheese-Whip</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/08/11/foreign-takeover-of-beloved-cheese-whip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Mathias Barnaby, founder of the famous Cheese-Whip factory, opened his original North Falls dairy in in 1899, even he couldn&#8217;t have realized how much his enterprise would eventually mean to the city. Since Cheese-Whip&#8217;s invention and introduction in 1927, the semi-solid pasteurized cheese food product has been one of the major cornerstones of the city&#8217;s economy for over eighty years. More than 1000 of our citizens have Cheese Whip to thank for the financial well-being of their families and their neighborhoods. But even more than a source of income, the factory has also been a source of pride. Signs of America&#8217;s second-best selling quasi-dairy topping are everywhere throughout the city, from the historic Cheese-Whip sign on the scoreboard at County Stadium, home of the Mighty Elms, to the old Barnaby Gardens roller coaster park on the outskirts of town, to the generous Mattieu Barnaby scholarship fund at Watson University and even to well-attended tours of the factory itself. More and more over the years, the identity of the city and one of its most well-known staples have become intertwined. All this explains the outrage and devastation wrought in the hearts and minds of the populace when it was announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pothole Budget Mistakenly Allocated For Potluck</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/03/05/pothole-budget-mistakenly-allocated-for-potluck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to a clerical error, city funds earmarked for this spring&#8217;s pothole repairs were mixed up with funds intended for a potluck for City Streets Department employees to celebrate last month&#8217;s groundhog&#8217;s day. Streets Department clerk Debbie Winton, who was in charge of the potluck, admits she was taken aback when she first saw the amount she had to spend on the annual lunch, typically held in Conference Room C in the Malcolm B. Adams Public Works Building on South Haverline. &#8220;Usually we get about 20, 25 dollars for this kind of thing, most people bring a dish to pass and we have a couple of grinders,&#8221; said Winton. &#8220;This year &#8211; well, let&#8217;s just say it would have afforded a much nicer affair.&#8221; Some of the additional planned expenditures at this year&#8217;s Groundhog&#8217;s Day potluck included four six-foot-long submarine sandwiches, an ice-sculpture in the shape of City Hall, a chocolate fountain, fresh lobster flown in from the coast, individual groundhog shaped chocolates, a performance by the surviving members of the band Foghat and an appearance by Brian Doyle-Murray, who portrayed the mayor in the film Groundhog Day. &#8220;I guess I just thought that this year they really wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Bag of Chips, Bunco Squad</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/01/11/friday-facts-bag-of-chips-bunco-squad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Flavor of potato chips being eaten by Mayor Wilders in a photo on the front page of the News the day he unveiled the Mayoral Citywide Nutrition and Fitness Initiative: Utz Carolina BBQ :: A correction- in last week&#8217;s Friday Facts, we incorrectly listed a 6-month subscription to The Evening Press as one of the items included in the gift basket for the first baby of 2008. The Evening Press instead included a free 6-week personal ad. :: The bunco squad is looking for a faro bank which has been floating around bars in the eastern and northeastern sections. :: Olympic sports for which this city has hosted trials over the years: Badminton, ping pong, fencing, handball, taekwondo, polo (horse), polo (water), figure skating, speed skating :: City to which we lost ping pong this year: Philadelphia (?!?) - RJ White]]></description>
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