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Mississippi, Most Obese State In Nation, Passes 'Anti-Bloomberg' Law Against Food Regulation
Mississippi has passed the "anti-Bloomberg" law that prohibits localities from passing laws about soda sizes, etc. Not everybody's happy, even though they would be against such a law:
Soda Wars Backlash: Mississippi Passes 'Anti-Bloomberg' Bill : The Salt : NPR
What's your opinion?
Mississippi has passed the "anti-Bloomberg" law that prohibits localities from passing laws about soda sizes, etc. Not everybody's happy, even though they would be against such a law:
"You know what? If little Alligator, Miss., wanted to do that, that's up to the people that live there. It is not up to the state to tell the people at the local level what to do," Johnson says. "They're just using this to mask what the bill is really about, which is about taking away home rule."
Soda Wars Backlash: Mississippi Passes 'Anti-Bloomberg' Bill : The Salt : NPR
What's your opinion?