{"id":14656,"date":"2018-05-30T12:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14656"},"modified":"2018-05-30T12:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:18:07","slug":"san-diego-countys-war-on-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/05\/30\/san-diego-countys-war-on-popcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego County&#8217;s War on&#8230; Popcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The County of San Diego seems to have solved all other possible problems within the county, because it is apparently so free to use its resources in a war against&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/lifestyle\/people\/sd-me-popcorn-health-20180515-story.html#nt=oft12aH-2la1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">popcorn<\/a> provided by hardware and similar stores.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;&#8216;They explained we didn\u2019t have the proper permits,&#8217; said Bob Meanley, whose shop had handed out 30 to 40 bags every day for about 25 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;To comply with the 1984 California Uniform Retail Food Facility Law, Meanley &amp; Son would need to install a three-basin sink to clean and sterilize the popcorn popper. Also required: regular inspections, just like a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Meanley declined and instead rolled the offending machine into storage. Thus ended a tradition he had started 25 years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When you have to micromanage how a popcorn popper is cleaned to the point of requiring a three-basin sink, perhaps you have a bit too much regulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14657\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/popcorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/popcorn.jpg 425w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/popcorn-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Was this motivated by food poisoning?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nope!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;[N]one of the hardware store proprietors contacted for this story had heard of customers falling ill after partaking of popcorn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBYjZTdrJlA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"San Diego County's War on... 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