I found out today that my parents' home church in Lakeland, Florida no longer has a food pantry for the homeless, the poor, and the needy. Why? Because Florida state law requires them to have a dedicated room and a refrigerator of certain specifications. So apparently they can't pass out canned food because they don't have a refrigerator.
As we look to the burgeoning economic crisis, we have to congratulate states like Florida and California for their tendency to legislate the size of the shrubbery around your church. You'll find it much harder to find food now than before, but at least you won't get salmonella.
"That government governs best that governs least." Thomas Jefferson
"Don't elect people as state representatives who are anal retentive." Ken Schenck
"P.S. This goes for the people you elect for university committees." Ken Schenck
"P.S.S. And whatever you do, don't put lawyers on university committees." Anonymous
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ROTFLMHO!!!!!!
I think Indiana has some sort of GOod Samaritan's law that lets restaurants and others donated food without liability. When I managed a local food pantry we got some really nice Panera sandwiches from a business meeting. We also got a few pretty measly and bacterially-questionable offers of 2nd-hand food as well.
But Ken, I thought you liked big government! Just wait until they run health care, the auto industry and banks.
Surprise, surprise - Ken isn't easily pigeonholed, like most free-thinking people of various stripes.
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