Child abuse (as published in the E-R, 11/15)

The holier-than-thou in the City-by-the-Bay, by an 8-3 vote, have decided to spoil one of the few joys of the childhood of many otherwise deprived youths, who now can no longer receive a toy with their Happy Meal at Mc Donald's unless the restaurants alter the content of the food to reflect a somewhat unrealistic combination of ingredients. The eight fools think they have the right to tell private business how to service the community, but what they probably have done is simply make small children unhappy when they will not be able to enjoy the gimcrack they used to receive with their tasty, somewhat unhealthy fare.

If Mc Donald's would be foolish enough to start serving tofu and broccoli, they would lose the patronage of the rest of us. San Francisco isn't going to mess with my junk food. What Mickey D's offers for sale, and what parents choose to give to their children is none of the Board of Supervisors' business. This is just another case of government looking for someone to punish, and, this time, finding children.

HONOR A VETERAN ON THIS, THEIR DAY. . . even such Cold War veterans as I, and Elvis.