So a number of progressive groups are collecting signatures to petition the AZ state government not to pass HB 2490. Apparently, this issue is so urgent, there's not enough time to provide much detail, either from change.org or democracyinaction.org. From what I can tell, the AZ legislature (specifically the House Commerce Committee at this point) wants to prevent local and municipal governments from placing restrictions on the kinds of give-aways offered by governments.
What this means is that local governments wouldn't be able to prevent companies from McDonald's from using toys as a marketing gimmick. Thing is, I'm not sure I support this. Although I strongly oppose marketing towards children, I also strongly oppose standard nutritional dogma, which local governments, such as San Francisco, will end up enforcing. Enforcing bad nutritional dogma disturbs me more than Happy Meals do, so this is one petition I'm not signing.
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