SODA POPPED SCHOOL BILL FALLS FLAT.THE state budget may be in shambles, and workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. is bankrupting the state, but Sacramento's more focused on the real burning issue of our day: Kids drinking Coca-Cola and other soft drinks. Last week, the Legislature took the bold step of banning the sugary, fizzy fizz intr.v. fizzed, fizz·ing, fizz·es To make a hissing or bubbling sound; effervesce. n. 1. A hissing or bubbling sound. 2. Effervescence. 3. An effervescent beverage. drinks at all schools statewide. Yes, childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. is a problem, one that's compounded by kids downing colas at lunchtime. But surely local school districts, which choose their own teachers and administrators, can choose their own cafeteria beverages, too. A large part of what ails California public education is an overly intrusive state bureaucracy. Yet at a time when the state's leaders should be scaling bureaucracy back, they instead find yet more for it to do. It's not sodas that need to be banned, it's Sacramento's meddling med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. . |
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