NOLA Mayor Vetoes Food Truck Ordinance
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Calling it unconstitutional and unlikely to stand up to a legal challenge, Mayor Mitch Landrieu has vetoed a recent City Council ordinance easing restrictions on food trucks in New Orleans. Landrieu suggested that the ordinance, sponsored by Council President Stacy Head, did not go far enough in liberalizing a provision intended More...
NY State Senator Blames Food Carts for Restaurant Closure
BROOKLYN, NY - State Sen. Marty Golden claims food carts starved iconic Bay Ridge eatery Hinsch’s to death — but the beloved luncheonette’s owner says his business actually withered away because of the neighborhood’s More...
Restaurant Owner Politician Keeps Food Trucks Out of Sunrise
SUNRISE, FL - It was much ado about food trucks last week in Sunrise, with owners of the rolling restaurants urging commissioners to nix an all-out ban. Arlon Kennedy, a Sunrise resident who got into the business More...
Local Ballot Initiatives That Could Effect Food Truck Owners
November is election season, but it’s also a time in which local municipalities give their voters the chance to pass changes to their laws which can affect the food service industry which includes mobile More...
Buffalo Lawmaker Wants to Limit Food Truck Fees
BUFFALO, NY - A local senator wants to help the growing food truck industry thrive. State Senator Tim Kennedy wants the state to determine how much each town or city can charge. This comes after a food truck controversy More...
Candidate Pledges to End Restrictive Laws on Food Trucks in SoCal
Lake Elsinore, CA - On the eve of the Pechanga Food Truck Festival, Riverside County Supervisor Candidate Kevin Jeffries pledged to end the most restrictive laws on food trucks in Southern California, a ban that More...
Election 2012: Its Importance to the Mobile Food Industry
Election season is right around the corner, which means it’s time to get out to vote. Whether you’re registered as a Democrat, Republican or even an Independent and plan to vote in National or Statewide elections…the More...
Clearwater Mayor Says “NO” to Food Trucks
CLEARWATER, FL — Food trucks have become a lively trend in Tampa Bay, attracting hundreds of people each month in Tampa and St. Petersburg. But Clearwater, the second-largest city in Pinellas County and a tourist More...
The Good and the Bad of Chicago’s Proposed Food Truck Ordinance
CHICAGO, IL - Yesterday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sent a proposed food truck ordinance to committee that would finally allow Chicago food trucks to cook on board these mobile bistros. The ordinance will likely More...
Peoria City Council Disapproves Food Trucks
PEORIA, IL – Short sighted politicians have struck again. This time in Peoria, IL. Last night with a 6-5 vote, the cities City Council disapproved an ordinance which would have allowed food trucks to begin operate More...
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