{"id":41774,"date":"2014-04-21T11:23:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/21\/well-this-sure-epitomizes-something.html"},"modified":"2014-04-21T11:23:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:23:40","slug":"well-this-sure-epitomizes-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/21\/well-this-sure-epitomizes-something.html","title":{"rendered":"Well, this sure epitomizes something"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apparently people around Huy Fong Foods'\u00a0Irwindale, California, plant, where they manufacture yummy Sriracha hot sauce, have been suffering side effects from the operations and hot-saucey fumes in the area\u00a0— burning eyes, sore throats, headaches, even nosebleeds are mentioned prominently. After much back and forth and brouhaha, the city has declared the plant a "public nuisance," with the threat of a shut-down.<\/p>\n

Now California Republicans say, no, it's not a public nuisance, it's an economic boon to the area.<\/p>\n

Um … can't it be both?<\/i> \u00a0I mean, nobody's questioning that the plant provides jobs and tax revenue. \u00a0The question is, is that worth people not in the factory but living nearby suffering significant discomfort (at the very least)? That doesn't strike me as "excessive government interference," but exactly what the government is there to do.<\/p>\n

Not surprising, Texas — a state with a uniformly wretched environmental record — has expressed an interest in having Huy Fong move there. \u00a0Texas never met a revenue-producing effluent it didn't like. \u00a0Stick the plant next to a big petrochem refinery down in Galveston and you probably won't have anyone complaining, right?\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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California GOP Will ‘Stand with Sriracha’ Against Big Government<\/a>
\n Earlier this month, the city of Irwindale, California ruled that the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha factory in town is a public nuisance. Now, California Republicans are pledging to “Stand with Sriracha” against Big Government.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

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Apparently people around Huy Fong Foods'\u00a0Irwindale, California, plant, where they manufacture yummy Sriracha hot sauce, have been suffering side effects from the operations and hot-saucey fumes in the area\u00a0— burning eyes, sore throats, headaches, even nosebleeds are mentioned prominently. 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