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flipflop · 06-19-2002, 11:04 AM

The HUA Crew Stikes Again

Berkeley May Ban Non-PC Coffee
If Measure Passes, Violators Could Get Jail Time

BERKELEY, Calif. -- How about some sugar and cream with that coffee? Or maybe you'd like some "PC" coffee instead?

Some folks in Berkeley, Calif., are calling for only "politically correct coffee" to be sold inside the city limits.

Attorney Rick Young has turned in 3,000 signatures at City Hall. They support an initiative allowing coffee brewed for sale to be made only from organic, shade-grown or Fair Trade certified beans.

To qualify the measure for the November ballot, just over 2,000 of those signatures must be valid.

If the measure makes it to the ballot and is approved -- retailers will have three months to comply. Violators could be punished by up to six months in jail and a $100 fine.

06-19-2002, 11:04 AM	#1
flipflop Contributing Editor CW Butt Whisperer Herf God Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Marietta, Georgia Posts: 50,560	The HUA Crew Stikes Again Berkeley May Ban Non-PC Coffee If Measure Passes, Violators Could Get Jail Time BERKELEY, Calif. -- How about some sugar and cream with that coffee? Or maybe you'd like some "PC" coffee instead? Some folks in Berkeley, Calif., are calling for only "politically correct coffee" to be sold inside the city limits. Attorney Rick Young has turned in 3,000 signatures at City Hall. They support an initiative allowing coffee brewed for sale to be made only from organic, shade-grown or Fair Trade certified beans. To qualify the measure for the November ballot, just over 2,000 of those signatures must be valid. If the measure makes it to the ballot and is approved -- retailers will have three months to comply. Violators could be punished by up to six months in jail and a $100 fine. __________________ "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." -- H. L. Mencken "I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you." -- Ghengis Khan