DEVELOPING: Green Truck “Scoping Out” Museum Square Today

By Ryan - Thursday August 27th 2009

Following our recent, topical, txtmsg-suffused posting about the LAPD’s targeted harassment of the gourmet food trucks near 5750 Wilshire Blvd, the inbox has been flooded: carbon-copies of outraged letters to Tom LaBonge, gratuitous linking from angry yelpers, 5750 Wilshire office resident petition signers (120 sigs at press time!) requesting mentions, at least one LA Times piece (wherein The Man pooh-poohs last week’s fiasco as a simple, one-day, non-permit-having-truck-targeted sting) and more than a few recently-submitted food truck reviews and op-ed pieces that I still have yet to parse, process and post live to the site. Meantime, Bobby’s back on the scene down Wilshire way, right now:

FROM: Bob N/A
TO: Ryan’s Wireless Device
TIME: 11:49am
I am at museum square stop now to scope things out. Here come the cops

More as it develops; stay tuned.

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5 Responses to “DEVELOPING: Green Truck “Scoping Out” Museum Square Today”

Posted by Ryan 8/27/09 at 2:20 pm #

Updates from the field:

FROM: Bob N/A
TO: Ryan’s Wireless Device
TIME: 12:38pm
They are just checking papers. I’ll let you know how it ends up.

TIME: 2:06pm
Well, we were ticked (sic) for failing to have a health permit posted in public view, and forced to shut down because our health permit is expired. I showed the officers a note from the health department that says permit renewals are a few months late, and are valid until Sept 9. Alas, they refused to accept it, and claimed to call the health inspector to check. Officers said that the inspector said that the permit is invalid. On my way back to the office (yes, food truck companies do have overhead like rent, etc) I spoke with the health inspector directly and he told me that we are not required to publicly post our permit (we must have it on board for him when he checks on us) and that my permits are just fine and that I can come get a more personalized note for next time. Also, someone keeps calling the police within minutes of a truck parking in the area.

TIME: 2:07pm
Notable quotes: “I guess you’ll just have to prove that we’re wrong in court.” … “Well, we HAVE to cite them for SOMETHING” (overheard)

TIME: 2:09pm
Basically, giving citations to food trucks is not something these officers are trained to do. They mentioned “specialists” and I’m sure we will meet one soon.
Posted by Ryan 8/27/09 at 2:21 pm #

Jesus christ bob you’re a prolific texter. Admirable.
Posted by PROBABLY NOT DEVELOPING: Nothing Of Interest Whatsoever To Be Gleaned From This Post Regarding The Green Truck, The LAPD, Museum Square’s Grouchy Restaurant Row And Its Nearby Office Tenants 8/28/09 at 2:28 pm #

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Posted by PROBABLY NOT DEVELOPING: Nothing Of Interest Whatsoever To Be Gleaned From This Post Regarding The Green Truck, The LAPD, Museum Square’s Grouchy Restaurant Row And Its Nearby Office Tenants 8/28/09 at 3:33 pm #

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