Romero's Revenge
Rep. Stephen Clark was well on his way to convincing his colleagues that Utah desperately needs better restaurant inspections.
It seems that in the not-too-distant past, Clark got a nasty dose of what he quaintly calls, "Montezuma's Revenge."
One of the reasons better inspections are needed, the Provo Republican said, is a recent explosion of new restaurants in the state -- particularly ethnic restaurants.
Rep. Ross Romero, a Latino, stood for a last question before the vote. "Is this bill for inspecting restaurants, or just ethnic restaurants?" Romero asked, pointedly.
It wasn't lost on Clark.
"All restaurants!" he said.
"I was not trying to denigrate ethnic restaurants. We are seeing a lot of them and they are wonderful... These are people coming from their native lands and producing this food and it's wonderful."
The measure passed with a rap of the gavel, that happened to be in the hand of Rep. Duane Bourdeaux, who was serving as the House's first African American Speaker Pro Tempore.
-- Glen Warchol
It seems that in the not-too-distant past, Clark got a nasty dose of what he quaintly calls, "Montezuma's Revenge."
One of the reasons better inspections are needed, the Provo Republican said, is a recent explosion of new restaurants in the state -- particularly ethnic restaurants.
Rep. Ross Romero, a Latino, stood for a last question before the vote. "Is this bill for inspecting restaurants, or just ethnic restaurants?" Romero asked, pointedly.
It wasn't lost on Clark.
"All restaurants!" he said.
"I was not trying to denigrate ethnic restaurants. We are seeing a lot of them and they are wonderful... These are people coming from their native lands and producing this food and it's wonderful."
The measure passed with a rap of the gavel, that happened to be in the hand of Rep. Duane Bourdeaux, who was serving as the House's first African American Speaker Pro Tempore.
-- Glen Warchol
1 Comments:
The sad thing is that Rep. Clark would even feel the freedom to express himself in this manner without even thinking it wrong in any way until called on it. Why Montezuma? Why not "Moroni's Revenge"?
Kudos to Rep. Romero who shows the benefits of diversity with a simple, pointed question.
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