Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Here's an idea for our progressive and transparent City Commission...

When the city issues the RFP for space in the newly rehabilitated Casino Building, they should require that any restaurant wishing to occupy space in this city-owned building use only organically and locally grown produce, incorporate raw foods in 80% of their menu items, limit proteins to soy-based or organic dairy products, use free trade coffee or anything that is imported and the list could go on.  How about retailers not being allowed to sell goods manufactured in China or anywhere there are documented human rights abuses - insist on local or at least domestic retail products for sale.  This would be in-keeping with the professed public purpose of our Commission majority, would justify a public subsidy of what would be market rent for oceanfront property and be consistent with the city's often heralded "environment first" branding.

What are the chances of this?