Good morning. It's Tuesday, April. 9, and we're covering concealing fentanyl in a hamburger, six months store notice and a replacement, five AFC teams that must ace the draft, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here. | | American Fact of the Day! | Oklahoma - Oklahoma has outdone all other states in producing astronauts: Oklahoma is the only state to have astronauts who have taken part in all stages of the US space program, reflecting the state's pioneering spirit and its ongoing contribution to the exploration of space. Seven astronauts have hailed from Oklahoma as of 2020. |
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| | Breaking Updates | | | | Want to Close Your Store in San Fran? New Proposal Would Require Six Months Notice and a Replacement | San Francisco is hemorrhaging businesses. Soaring crime and homelessness have forced long-time businesses to close up shop for good. Some of those businesses are grocery stores, leaving many residents in the neighborhood without a place to buy food. But now, a city official may have found a way to make those businesses stick around a while longer, even if it is not financially feasible for them to do so.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Dean Preston introduced what he is calling the "Grocery Protection Act." It is based on a similar proposal in 1984 and was wisely vetoed by then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
It would require grocery store owners to give a written six-month notice of their intent to close to the Board of Supervisors, as well as the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), and as if that weren't enough, the stores would also be required to "meet and work in good faith with neighborhood residents," and the OEWD. this could mean anything from finding ways to keep the business open, or essentially to find their replacement.
Failure to comply with this new set of regulations could result in legal proceedings, including damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or a writ of mandate to rectify the violation.
But for neighborhood grocery stores that can no longer maintain a healthy bottom line because of high crime, the new rules seem as though the city wants to punish beleaguered store owners for closing, while city officials try to downplay the crime issue, and then add insult to injury by making a requirement to find your own replacement. Even larger stores like Whole Foods have been forced to shut down. | Read more updates here |
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|  | 2024 NFL Draft: Five AFC teams that must ace the draft, including rebuilding Chargers, Patriots | Which clubs are under pressure to strike gold on draft day? |
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| | American Business & Markets
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|  | Use This Strategy to Push Through Limitations in Your Life | Entrepreneur | On this episode of "The Jeff Fenster Show," guests Chris and Lori Harder share tactics that can help anyone overcome personal and career obstacles. |
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|  | Unlocking Success: The Value of Strategic Business Locations - Manila Standard | The entrepreneurial landscape in the Philippines has witnessed a remarkable surge, with numerous Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) taking root and flourishing. |
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| | American Politics | |  | The Great COVID Cover-up: Shocking truth about Wuhan and 15 federal agencies | Here's what my investigation has recently discovered regarding government officials from 15 federal agencies and what they knew about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018. |
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|  | Biden repeats lie about being the first in his family to go to college — decades after admitting it's not true | I, like an awful lot of people in this audience, was the first in my family to go to college and watched my dad struggle to get there," Biden said, despite long admitting other family members… |
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|  | Hypemaster Elon Musk Announces Tesla Robotaxi Despite History of Broken Promises | Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again stirred up excitement and skepticism with his latest announcement of an upcoming Tesla Robotaxi unveiling on August 8, 2024, despite a history of unfulfilled promises surrounding the currently non-existent "robotaxi" service. |
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