In the wake of a controversial state ban on bake sales in schools, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a budget amendment Wednesday that will allow individual towns to decide whether they wish to prevent the sale of sweets during the school day. The state Department of Public Health regulations set to take effect on Aug. 1 would prevent the sale of cupcakes, cookies, and brownies in schools within 30 minutes of the start and end of classes.
BostonGlobe.comSubscriber Log-in
Contact us for help
-
Phone
617-929-2233
Daily 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
-
Chat
Daily 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Comments
Well, what do you know... a GOOD bipartisan effort in the DeLeo House of Reps... And to think that Maddie and her fellow nannystate activists can not control foods offered at bake sales!!! Shame on those state lawmakers who think they know bette than the public health control freaks... Now let me see... where are those quadruple choklit brownies that Mrs. Brumsticker makes so delicious...?
Are our legislators heads so far into their alimentary echo chamber that they can't see the absurdity of this? Okay, I understand not selling booze or cigarettes in schools, but cupcakes? Can't we all agree that a state law governing cupcakes is a bit of legislative over-reach? and please, please, please, stop tossing soft balls to right-wing lunatics.
This comment has been removed.
Maddie Ribble clearly knows what is best for us. Heaven forbid local communities in this state decide anything for themselves.
But they won't let you buy your kid a bottle of water in Concord! Let them drink Coke~!
and they should have never enacted it in the first place, we are the laughing stock of the nation. Nanny state big time.