We had to borrow from a recent post by Clear Thinker Tom Kirkendall, because the headline was our immediate reaction to this news about Carol Alvarado’s big proposal:
State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, who as a City Council member spearheaded Houston’s smoking ban, has introduced legislation than would eliminate trans fats from Texas restaurants.
Alvarado, serving her first term in the Texas House, plans to discuss the bill on Thursday at Ibiza in Midtown. The bill would ban trans fats, often used to boost the shelf life of foods, in all Texas restaurants. It also would require that prepared and served foods contain less than a half gram per serving, according to a news release….
Recession? Budget shortfall? Ike rebuilding?
Feh. Rep. Alvarado is focused on trans fats.
At least she’s out of municipal government and in a place where she, individually, can’t do much harm to Houston.
