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Sign the Petition: No to McDonald's in Downtown Watsonville
Watsonville City Council members are elected to speak for us, let's make sure they know what we want! Another fast food restaurant is not it, especially not in our beautiful and historic downtown. Sign the petition and show up to the October 14 council meeting to show your disdain for their approval of something that will only hurt our community. Bring posters, handouts, fact sheets or whatever you feel will help convince our council members that another McDonald's will in no way benefit our residents. We can stop this from happening. Our children deserve better. Watsonville has moved forward, a McDonald's would be a huge step back.
SIGN PETITION HERE: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-to-mcdonalds-in-downtown-watsonville
Comments left on the petition so far:
"We will not improve the health of our community both physically or financially by yet another fast food restaurant."
"No way in hell do we need three. Two is bad enough."
"ENOUGH is ENOUGH! No more McDonald fast food. Get a Fast Food Salad and greens all you can eat!"
"We need more healthy restaurants ...not more of this unhealthy fast food restaurants in Watsonville..."
"No more McDonalds!!"
Background
Watsonville council urged to flip McDonald's OK. Restaurant set to be built on Main Street near Riverside Drive (September 24)
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/watsonville/ci_26595340/watsonville-council-approves-downtown-mcdonalds
"Opponents plan to urge the Watsonville City Council to rescind its OK for a downtown 24-hour drive-through McDonald's. The council approved construction of the fast food restaurant at Main Street near Riverside Drive on a 6-0 vote Tuesday. But the project requires changes to an ordinance governing drive-through restaurants. The council is scheduled to take a second vote on that provision Oct. 14."
Watsonville faces a growing number of overweight children (2009)
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_11656090
"About 31 percent of Watsonville's children are obese by age 8, and another 23 percent are overweight, a study for the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust found last year."
"Nationally, 15 percent of children are obese and 30 percent are overweight, which makes the local numbers especially troubling. Doctors say being overweight puts children at risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and early puberty, and they are more likely to be obese as adults, increasing their chances for a stroke and cardiovascular disease."
Indybay event listing for October 14 Watsonville City Council meeting:
No to McDonald's in Downtown Watsonville
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/24/18762046.php
Comments left on the petition so far:
"We will not improve the health of our community both physically or financially by yet another fast food restaurant."
"No way in hell do we need three. Two is bad enough."
"ENOUGH is ENOUGH! No more McDonald fast food. Get a Fast Food Salad and greens all you can eat!"
"We need more healthy restaurants ...not more of this unhealthy fast food restaurants in Watsonville..."
"No more McDonalds!!"
Background
Watsonville council urged to flip McDonald's OK. Restaurant set to be built on Main Street near Riverside Drive (September 24)
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/watsonville/ci_26595340/watsonville-council-approves-downtown-mcdonalds
"Opponents plan to urge the Watsonville City Council to rescind its OK for a downtown 24-hour drive-through McDonald's. The council approved construction of the fast food restaurant at Main Street near Riverside Drive on a 6-0 vote Tuesday. But the project requires changes to an ordinance governing drive-through restaurants. The council is scheduled to take a second vote on that provision Oct. 14."
Watsonville faces a growing number of overweight children (2009)
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_11656090
"About 31 percent of Watsonville's children are obese by age 8, and another 23 percent are overweight, a study for the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust found last year."
"Nationally, 15 percent of children are obese and 30 percent are overweight, which makes the local numbers especially troubling. Doctors say being overweight puts children at risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and early puberty, and they are more likely to be obese as adults, increasing their chances for a stroke and cardiovascular disease."
Indybay event listing for October 14 Watsonville City Council meeting:
No to McDonald's in Downtown Watsonville
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/24/18762046.php
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