Andrew Mollenbeck of KFI-AM in Orange County and Los Angeles is reporting that Councilman Paul Koretz would like Los Angeles to mandate at least one vegan protein option at “all movie theaters, large-scale entertainment venues, airport restaurants, zoo concession stands and some other locations in the city.”
He also drew a line connecting hamburgers with the recent wildfires that tore through California.
Councilman Paul Koretz says he wishes people understood the connection between eating a hamburger and destructive wildfires. He’s proposing requiring vegan restaurants at LAX, movie theaters and other city-owned venues. @KFIAM640 pic.twitter.com/ZV4QW4Cswy
— mollenbeck (@amollenbeckKFI) December 5, 2018
Councilman Paul Koretz introduced a motion referencing a number of studies that point to the negative impacts the meat and dairy industry has on the environment, including a University of Oxford study that found if more people in the United States adopted plant-based eating it could cut greenhouse- gas emissions from food sources by 70 percent.
“I want to make it easier for us to do better around the city, as well as provide more options for people who are already following a plant-based diet,” Koretz said during a news conference at City Hall.
Of course, PETA had to be reached for comment, and PETA’s Ben Williamson said that “natural disasters such as the wildfires that this great city recently suffered are a terrible reminder that we must do more to protect our planet and its inhabitants. Animal agriculture is one of the most, if not the most, significant contributor to the world’s very serious environmental problems.”
This summer beef cows (and CALFIRE) helped to save my house. How? By keeping the wild grass under control ??
— CJ LeDuck (@csledoux) December 6, 2018
There are no words for how stupid he is.
— Annie Margrock (@AnnieMargrock) December 5, 2018
He’s a special kind of stupid.
— Gil Orosco (@RoscoGil) December 5, 2018
He doesn’t look like a vegan. We all know he had a burger in the last couple of days
— Lou Klein (@louklein1) December 6, 2018
Oh good lord.. I need a therapy burger after hearing this nonsense pic.twitter.com/NDN9IiGJ5L
— Scott Stabbert (@ScottDoesRadio) December 5, 2018
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Wow…all problems must be solved and everything running smoothly ??♂️
— Chris Carter (@Timmeh16Timmeh) December 5, 2018
Recently I've been tweeting that Republicans should enjoy #Pelosi & #Feinstein while they can, because the next crop of #California Democrats are serious wackjobs.
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