{"id":7956,"date":"2012-09-25T19:16:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T02:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=7956"},"modified":"2012-09-25T19:16:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T02:16:40","slug":"govt-recommendations-rid-recommenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=7956","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t Doesn&#8217;t Like Recommendations?  Get Rid of the Recommenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/citylogo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7959\" title=\"citylogo\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/citylogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>The Portland\/Multnomah County (Oregon) Food Policy Council has invested thousands of hours, meetings, discussions to work towards having healthier food choices and stewardship of local lands \u00a0for the region. \u00a0Not in the same vein as Mommy Bloomberg in NYC&#8217;s ban on large soft drinks, as such, but thoughtful, intelligent discussions and recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of people gave tons of their own time for this organization. \u00a0Which summarily went out of business a couple weeks ago. \u00a0Why? \u00a0 Because (Twilight Zone music) &#8211; it hasn&#8217;t &#8216;really&#8217; existed for years.<\/p>\n<p>Founded as a sub-group of the Sustainable Development Commission, which disbanded several years ago, \u00a0(someone must have not got the memo), ergo, since there was no Sustainable Development Commission, there certainly couldn&#8217;t be any sub-groups, or so says the lame (or roasted) duck Mayor and various County officials.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s really the deal here? \u00a0 This story is still evolving. \u00a0In fact, according to some people close to the food council, it&#8217;s not supposed to be a story at all. \u00a0So SHHHHHHH.<\/p>\n<p>More details as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, be careful of what you eat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland\/Multnomah County (Oregon) Food Policy Council has invested thousands of hours, meetings, discussions to work towards having healthier food choices and stewardship of local lands \u00a0for the region. \u00a0Not in the same vein as Mommy Bloomberg in NYC&#8217;s ban on large soft drinks, as such, but thoughtful, intelligent discussions and recommendations. Lots of people&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=7956\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gov&#8217;t Doesn&#8217;t Like Recommendations?  Get Rid of the Recommenders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35],"tags":[1588],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}