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	<title>The Public Gym &#187; poor neighborhoods</title>
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		<title>LA Bans Fast Food Restaurants in Poor Neighborhoods</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles City Council doesn&#8217;t want the poor people to eat.  That&#8217;s not what they&#8217;ll tell you, though.  The City Council is in the last stages of passing an ordinance restricting and/or prohibiting the construction of fast food restaurants in and around South Central LA.
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The Council says it&#8217;s not trying to starve the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Los Angeles City Council doesn&#8217;t want the poor people to eat.  That&#8217;s not what they&#8217;ll tell you, though.  The City Council is in the last stages of passing an ordinance restricting and/or prohibiting the construction of fast food restaurants in and around South Central LA.</p>
<p><a title="LA Ordinance" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2196397/" target="_blank">Story Here</a></p>
<p>The Council says it&#8217;s not trying to starve the po&#8217; people, but trying to help them, yeah right:</p>
<p><em>This ordinance is in no way attempting to tell people what to eat but rather responding to the need to attract sit-down restaurants, full service grocery stores, and healthy food alternatives. Ultimately, this ordinance is about providing choices—something that is currently lacking in our community.</em></p>
<p>What a crock of shit!  Now, the Public Gym doesn&#8217;t recognize fast food as any kind of health food, but to deny people, it doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re poor or rich, the right to choose which food they want to eat is against civil liberties.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but when I was poor, I couldn&#8217;t afford healthy food at the grocery store, I lived off of Ramen noodles, Rice A Roni, and mac and cheese, and oh yeah, the McDonalds Dollar Menu!  I had absolutely no money to sit down at Applebee&#8217;s and have a three course meal.  And I can only assume that in South Central, LA, and every other poor neighborhood in the U.S., that it&#8217;s basically the same as in my small case.</p>
<p>These people need to eat.  It&#8217;s not a matter of choice, it&#8217;s a matter of necessity!  It&#8217;s also a matter of education.  Educate the people on how to eat healthier.  Even McDonalds has salads and yogurt&#8230;</p>
<p>I bet Beverly Hills has blocks of fast food restaurants&#8230;.</p>
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