Durham, N .C. Opinion Piece Calls For Modifying Food Truck Ordinance

July 9, 2012
An architect in Durham, N.C. wrote an opinion in favoring of modifying the city’s ordinance governing food trucks, supporting the fact that the city has such an ordinance but questioning the restrictions designed to protect other foodservice operators from competition.

An architect in Durham, N.C. wrote an opinion in favoring of modifying the city’s ordinance governing food trucks, supporting the fact that the city has such an ordinance but questioning the restrictions designed to protect other foodservice operators from competition, according to The Herald Sun in Durham, N.C. To read the column, click here.

Editor’s Insight: This opinion piece astutely notes that government should not be acting on behalf of one group of businesses at the expense of another. This would be no different than if the government refused to allow new restaurants to compete once a select number of restaurants were established. 07-09-12 By Elliot Maras