damnum absque injuria

6/12/2006

Silly Philly

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 5:38 pm

Just when it seemed as though Joseph Vento had proven himself to be Philadelphia’s biggest ‘hat, the Philadelphai Commission on Human Relations turned around and outdid him in spades. ‘Hat tip: Walter Olson.

4 Responses to “Silly Philly”

  1. nk Says:
    June 12th, 2006 at 11:40 pm

    If I really hated to be an “I told you so” I wouldn’t be saying I told you so right now. If Denny’s can be sued for racial discrimination because of a twenty minute wait for the meal to be brought to the table, and an indisputably capable member of the Washington, D.C. mayor’s staff can be driven out of his job for calling his department’s budget “niggardly” then Mr. Vento was indeed “asking for a civil rights suit”. BTW: I have always thought the 13th Amendment was a defense to these things.

    From personal experience, short-order restaurant owners are a hidebound bunch. I know of one who would tell the city inspectors: “You want to run my restaurant? I’ll sell it to you.”

  2. Doc Rampage Says:
    June 13th, 2006 at 1:39 am

    If this suite goes forward, I’m going to sue Starbucks for making me say “Venti” instead of “large”.

  3. Overlawyered Says:
    June 13th, 2006 at 9:25 am

    English-only cheesesteak ordering? Tell it to the judge…

    “An English-only ordering policy at one of Philadelphia’s most famous cheesesteak joints has prompted a city agency to pursue a discrimination complaint. The city’s Commission on Human Relations plans to file the complaint Monday, alleging……

  4. Dana Says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 9:22 pm

    Mr Vento probably causes much of his own problems: he gave an interview to The Philadelphia Inquirer, complete with his smiling face on page 1, about his policy.

    The sign has been up for half a year, and nobody did anything; once the Inquirer publicized it, everything changed.

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