Alderman objects to crime-themed hot dog stand
AP
CHICAGO -A Chicago alderman said he doesn't mind that a businessman plans to open a hot dog stand in his ward and hire former convicts to work there, but he does object to the stand's crime-linked theme.
Alderman Bob Fioretti said Friday his Second Ward on the city's West Side has major crime problems, so he thinks the stand's name, Felony Franks, is simply not in good taste.
Fioretti also objected to several slogans, including: "Food so good, it's criminal," and "Home of the misdemeanor wiener."
Stand owner Jim Andrews, though, said he thinks the tongue-in-cheek name and a menu that features such items as "burglar beef" and "chain gang chili dog" will help to erase some of the stigma that being a former convict carries.
Suprisingly, I kind of understand where the alderman is coming from. Let's say you go to buy a frank and get into a cheeky back and forth with the vendor. You may ask 'what he was in for?' and when he tells you he poisoned his wife you could have a situation on your hands. At the end of the day I'd let him open the stand just because 'misdemeanor wiener' may be the funniest thing I've ever heard.
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