[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