[CH] time for a chilehead legal defense fund?

The Old Bear (oldbear@arctos.com)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:54:26 -0400

Attention ChileHeads!

After the problems a while back when the Lebanon, New Hampshire 
police pressed assault charges against a teenager working in 
an all-night coffee shop for putting too much hot sauce in 
an officer's breakfast, chileheads have learned to be watchful 
and ever-vigilant against those whose actions would defame 
El Grande and limit the rights of every chilehead to inflame 
his or her alimentary system and that of those in moderately 
close proximity.

Toward this end, I present the following shocking newsclip, 
an excerpt from an AP wire service story cited in yesterday's 
Boston Globe's New England News Briefs:

    TOWN FINES FIRM FOR PEPPER RUNOFF
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    DEERFIED, Mass. - Selectment have voted to fine 
    Cain's Foods $14,000 for sendng too much hot pepper 
    juice into the town sewer plant.  Selectman John 
    Paciorek said the food processor has exceeded the 
    limits of its permit to use the sewer plant, which 
    is operating at near capacity.  Brian Warne, director 
    of engineering for Cain's, questioned whether the 
    company's expansion was to blame for the sewer 
    plant's troubles, and said company officials hope to 
    meet with the selectment.
 
Cain's is a very respected regional producer of pickles, 
condiments, and mayonaise.  It is shocking to think that, in 
Massachusetts, birthplace of American liberty, this company 
could be hauled before a legislative body over excessive 
hot pepper juice -- not to mention the very arguable concept 
of "excessive" as an adjective applied to hot pepper anything.

Chileheads will be watching this matter closely, I am sure.

cheers,
the old bear