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An Indiana judge ended a yearslong debate between a restauranteur and the county commission that ultimately ruled, “tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches.”
Starting in 2019, Martin Quintana, the owner of Famous Taco, a Mexican-style restaurant that serves made-to-order burritos, tacos and other food items located about 125 miles north of Indianapolis, sought zoning approvals from the Fort Wayne Plan Commission. Quintana's request was to upgrade the space from a single family designation to a limited commercial occupancy for his business, according to the court documents published by local news outlet WISH.
In order to be approved, he would have to agree to a written commitment that highlighted specific restrictions for his business. To be compliant, Quintana's restaurant had to be a “sandwich bar-style” facility that sold “made-to-order” or “Subway-style” sandwiches. In addition, the commitment excluded fast food restaurant chains like Arby's, McDonald's and Wendy's, the court documents said.
“It kind of became an argument of... is a taco a sandwich or not. So, we thought it's easier to agree that it fits within the character and scope of what we had anticipated. And so we have an amendment,” Quintana's representatives said in 2022, according to the court documents.
After years of legal proceedings, Judge Craig Bobay of the Allen Superior Court ruled on Monday that Famous Taco was eligible to open and operate its business under the terms of the original written commitment created in 2019. Bobay said that the restaurant was compliant according to the commitment, the court documents said.
“The Court agrees with Quintana that tacos and burritos are Mexican style-sandwiches, and the original written agreement does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine-styled sandwiches,” Bobay's decision said.
The judge also said that other culturally authentic restaurants would have the opportunity to operate its business under the terms of the written commitment as well.
“The original written commitment would also permit a restaurant that serves made-to-order Greek gyros, Indian naan wraps, or Vietnamese banh mi if these restaurants complied with the other enumerated conditions,” the judge ruled.
USA TODAY reached out to both Famous Taco and the Fort Wayne Plan Commission attorneys for comment.
Any FRICKING questions?
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also like So foid decided to get job (paid leave) came to job interview and was hiding she is pregnant, it was in directors office, and She signed the contract and start giving birth in that directors office, and The companys now paying her birth leave
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"What you up to today Rishi?"
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) May 15, 2024
"Not much, just collapsing the higher education and care sectors and then bragging about it."
"Great stuff. Remember you've got that Zoom call with the estate agent in California at 2pm" https://t.co/8uqekCmaF9
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Cross stitch drama where the !biofoids at
Saw this on the sub for seething at arts and crafts that you don't like, when I opened it I was like "ah probably someone looking for something to be offended over" but the swastikas are a little much
< closest we have to foot in mouth marsey
You would respect them for saying racist things loudly?
this has 74 upvotes, imagine if she was like "okay guys they are swastikas but they're the Hindu kind"
Jeets catching strays
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Marjorie Taylor Greene ROASTING AOC is the highlight of the night so far 🤣
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 17, 2024
AOC: “She has to apologize”
MTG: “I’m not apologizing. Why don’t you debate me?”
AOC: “That’s self evident”
MTG: “Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence”
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/XBFuIxx9QY
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Just completed 200 days straight on Alchohol + Cocaine.
— GALLAGHER 🇨🇦 (@SILVERnBOLD) May 15, 2024
This biohack gets expensive due to tolerance increase.
Currently at $569/day (2l of Johnny walker black and 5-7g of peruvian)
Noticeable benefits
-Zero sexual performance (focused)
-Degenerate sex drive (locked in)… pic.twitter.com/8CmXWyH7Gm
God I wish this was real.
!druggies do you dare to take the challenge?
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Comments are
This guy is 43
This is above average 43 year old man because stock pictures don't have real 43 year old average men
43 year old is age when women outnumbering men even if we count the homosexual men.
So he made the comments go Reeeereeee
I noticed strange patterns
Absolutely majority are somewhat ARTIST
So they are proving that artist foids have some I mean manny screws loose
This one is literally a groopie
So Chas makes roastie reeeeee at any age
Foids are also delusional most of them are literally looking like shit and they get angry that a guy who puts a lot more efforts in looks than them don't wants them
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I DON'T CARE!!!!!!! WHO FRICKING CARES!!!!!!!!! WHEN HAVE ASSASSIN'S CREED GAMES EVER BEEN HISTORICALLY ACCURATE????????? WHY ARE YOU BUYING A UBISHIT GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE???????????????
LEAVE ME THE FRICK ALONE
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A leading academic no doubt thought she was making polite conversation when she mentioned her fondness of sushi to a Japanese colleague.
However, Nana Sato-Rossberg interpreted the comment as racist, accused Claire Ozanne of prejudice, then sued the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Now the judge chairing an employment tribunal has ruled that Sato-Rossberg, a linguistics and culture professor, was “hypersensitive” and “predisposed” to finding fault in her colleague. Jillian Brown dismissed Sato-Rossberg's claim, finding that Ozanne, the former deputy director and provost at Soas, was simply making acceptable and friendly “small talk”.
Earlier the tribunal was told that Sato-Rossberg started teaching at the university in 2014 and five years later was appointed as head of the department for languages, culture and linguistics.
In 2020 Ozanne, an Oxford graduate and insect specialist who has appeared on BBC radio programmes and has since moved to Liverpool Hope University, became her manager.
The tribunal in central London heard that after their first meeting, Sato-Rossberg told a colleague that she thought Ozanne would be biased because Sato-Rossberg “was not British” and was an ethnic minority woman.
The hearing was told that Sato-Rossberg had said that “people like me — a non-white female — must constantly consider the possibility that they are treated unfairly because of gender or ethnicity”.
There was also evidence that in 2021 Ozanne told Sato-Rossberg about a sushi restaurant near her home that her family enjoyed visiting, and that the professor took exception to the comment. Sato-Rossberg told the tribunal that Ozanne “would not have said to a German person, ‘I like sausage.'”
Sato-Rossberg told the hearing that if Ozanne “wished to make conversation, we had many commonalities through our work and professional academic endeavour. But [she] chose to speak only about topics directly relevant to my race: the liking of Japanese food and that her family like it and eat sushi.”
In its report the tribunal said that in the six months following the sushi comment, Sato-Rossberg continued to complain about Ozanne. In 2022 she emailed a senior member of the university's administration accusing the deputy director of bullying and harassment. Sato-Rossberg asked for Ozanne to be replaced as her manager, claiming that she had exhibited “racist microaggression” towards her.
The university started an investigation into the claims, during which time Sato-Rossberg was promoted, but it rejected the allegations last year. In response Sato-Rossberg sued Soas for race discrimination, harassment, victimisation and unfair treatment for whistleblowing.
Rejecting the claim, the judge found that Sato-Rossberg had concluded, without evidence, that Ozanne was prejudiced against her from the start of their relationship.
Addressing the sushi remark, the judge said that Ozanne was aware that Sato-Rossberg was Japanese and took the view that she “would receive this positively. She was making small talk and trying to establish a point of shared interest.”
The judge added that Ozanne had said “nothing detrimental about Japan”.
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I love how foids writting size like that fricking matters, and She could been same weight but with height 6 and she would look skinny with her weight but we know she is probably like 410 so at that weight shell look fat but its whatever
I unreal hate fat foids, and Calling them self normal sized and healthy, and We also as stragot I mean like mature society also decided telling them the truth is not good since they them self know they are fat so we will support them and it will fix the problem and it worked, the obesity percentages multiplied by 2 in 20 years and by 2035 there will be 70% obese in US because supporting them and therapy is working
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My cat won't stop drinking from the potty, no matter what I do.
I previously got her this water fountain:
I got her that one like 2 or 3 months ago. I never saw her drink from it but I figured, maybe she's just drinking when I'm not around or I just haven't seen her yet. Today I discovered the stupid fricking r-slur pea brain drinking potty water again, which means she probably never fricking stopped.
I've now gone to amazon and bought her a twice as expensive water fountain (pic related) and will now keep the bathroom door shut at all times, in hopes that she stops doing that.
I hate her so much, why is she so fricking r-slurred, smh.