San Francisco Taxes Meat

In a closed council session, Mayor Gavin convinced the Supes that eating meat is an expensive luxury, city workers are too sluggish after meaty lunchtime meals and that raw flesh is really just 'too gruesome'. With strong support from forest green friend Matt Gonzales, Mayor G's initiative to levy an extra 17.2% tax on the sale of all meat products sold within SF county passed with a 7-2 vote. Proceeds from the new tax, effective April 15, will be used to create community gardens for denizens to grow herbs, fruits & vegetables. Says Mayor 'Meat is Gruesome' Newsom, "The World War II era victory gardens were hugely successful in getting Americans to be less reliant on imported foods, to grow their own produce. Our gardens will create jobs for displaced high tech workers as well as improve city air quality." Register your garden and receive a free vegetarian starter kit complete with organic seeds and recipes at 1-888-VEG-FOODS.

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