Posted on 07/04/2014 8:14:59 AM PDT by Cheerio
Local school districts in Wisconsin are opting out of the onerous school lunch guidelines that have been pushed largely by First Lady Michelle Obama as part of her campaign to fight obesity, choosing instead to make their own guidelines about proper food nutrition at the local level.
As the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports, Rick Petfalski, school board president of the Muskego-Norway School District, said, We believe that proper food nutrition and meal portion guidelines are best decided at a local level.
Petfalskis school districts decision to opt out of the National School Lunch Program means it will no longer receive federal money for its meals, but also that the district is free to serve whatever it wants.
By leaving the program we will not be required to follow these onerous guidelines, pushed by and large by Michelle Obama, who last I checked has been elected by no one, Petfalski said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Let’s Shrink! (big government, that is)
Nanny State PING!
Yeah, I love how all these first spouses get taxpayer-funded staff, and act as if their opinions are somehow more significant than some random private individual.
Thanks for the ping!
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