New Orleans City Council members and others left no doubt what they thought about the way city bureaucrats have allowed several fast-food outlets to open on Magazine Street in the past year despite zoning restrictions intended to prevent them.
Councilwoman Stacy Head said "loose interpretations" by Safety and Permits Department staff members "don't pass the smell test."
Councilwoman Shelley Midura said companies have been allowed to "skirt the council."
Meanwhile, along Claiborne, that same Safety and Permits Department is doing its part to keep the cost of lunch artificially inflated there as well.
Notice also the sliding scale which allows Subway, the high-end establishment on Claiborne, to become the low-class eyesore on Magazine.
In either case, white people all over New Orleans can rest easy in the knowledge that their councilpersons are defending their access to expensive lunch fare.
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