First they came for our hot dogs …

By John Sykes

The nanny state and corporate cronyism struck with full force just the other day! The Miami Herald reported:

Buying a hot dog, an arepa or a soda outside the American Airlines Arena could be history if the city of Miami and the Miami Heat get their way and ban street vendors.

”You want regulations with that hot dog?” Our corruptocrats, nannycrats , cronycrats and corporatecrats do.

The reasons, city leaders and members of Miami’s semi-autonomous Downtown Development Authority say, are numerous:

[Nannycrats] > Lack of cleanliness, competition with nearby restaurants, even danger to Heat patrons trying to get to crowded games…

[Corruptocrats] > “As new restaurants open up, there’s really not a need for street vendors,” said DDA Executive Director Alyce Robertson.

[Corporatecrats and Cronycrats] > The Heat, with its pricey concessions inside the basketball arena, supports it as well. De La Hoz sells a hot dog for $2, an arepa for $3. That’s three to four times cheaper than the prices inside the American Airlines Arena, where food choices are greater. Yet it’s not the competition that has the Heat backing the city ordinance, said Kim Stone, executive vice president and general manager of the AAA.

[Cronycrat] > Jose Goyanes, who owns the indoor/outdoor restaurant Tre Italian Bistro at 270 E. Flagler St., said the street vending has created a circus-like atmosphere the city has trouble keeping tabs on. “And there are other issues, like trash on the streets,” he said. “It needs to be regulated and controlled.”

[Corruptocrat] > Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, whose district includes the Flagler and Heat arena neighborhoods, supports the measure because it cuts down on competition to restaurants like Tre. “We’re trying to facilitate a more robust downtown,” he said.

This is really, really serious stuff, truly emblematic of what’s going on in Obamaland. Someday, as you eat your $10 tofudog inside the arena or that trendy, pricey, oh-so-cute, with-it restaurant, remember this!

First they came for our hot dogs …

 

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