Comments on: Boulevard Sentinel Editorializes Against Street Food

By: Ken Camp

Ken Camp — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:56:38 +0000

My friends and I know that Tom Topping lies so often that it is impossible to be surprised by anylie he says or writes. He was sued last year by local businessman Jim Perry for libel and slander. He falsely wrote in his trashy tabloid, The Boulevard Sentinel, that the minutes takers from Apple One were falsifying the minutes for the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council to assist Mr. Perry in his lawsuit against Topping. And now his latest lying rant is that the taco trucks are destroying restaurants in the Los Angeles area. He wrote that he had to move through “a gauntlet” of taco trucks to get to the restaurant Cinnamon, but that is a deliberate lie. I know the area he writes about, the stretch of Figueroa between Avenues 55 and 56 and, believe me, there are no taco trucks in that area. So where is the gauntlet? In Mr. Topping’s lying mind, that’s where.

Readers should not be so gullible that they actually believe Mr. Topping’s alleged motto “To comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” If you believe that major corporations such as Walgreen’s and the entire business community are “the afflicted,” then you get the point. Topping can point to his support for Hillary Clinton as proof of his liberal credentials, but we can put this to a rest. He may be confused, but he was not confused when he wrote the lies he routinely publishes in the BS.

More later on this nelly, lying “reporter.” I have so much ammunition against this stinker it would fill pages of YorkBlvd.com.

I shall return.

Ken Camp, Los Angeles

By: fran

fran — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:13:55 +0000

WOW…
I moved from Cali to a small taco truck free town in Texas and I feel deprived. I miss carne asada, I cant find a good taco here to save my life. The first thing we do when we get back home for a visit is hit up a taco truck.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:08:55 +0000

This is a perfect example of how the government takes care of private corporations and makes sure they make enough money. The government shouldn’t care how much money they have to pay!

By: YORK BLVD.

YORK BLVD. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:34:48 +0000

Kirby, the legal vendors are taxed, and inspected. You can see permits in their windows, and if that doesn’t convince you, drive down to Maywood comissaries where many of the East LA trucks park when not in operation, prepare their food, and clean their kitchens daily. I have no doubt there are vendors who violate the laws, but that’s not a trait exclusive to taco trucks. Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

By: Kirby

Kirby — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:19:38 +0000

A mexican guy told me he would never go to a taco truck because they are taking away from the mexican restaurants. I agreed with him but not totally. If they are taxed and inspected and allowed to park in a spot then why not. I doubt they are taxed and inspected and that is the real reason they keep me away.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:22:26 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more. People go to a restaurant because they want to sit down and be taken care of. They get street food because they’re hungry, don’t want to (or can’t) spend much money, and are possibly in a hurry. Each fills a different need. L.A. needs MORE street food, not less!

By: Solomon

Solomon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:45:51 +0000

Cinnamon is vegetarian restaurant, though they do have vegan options. There is no way Cinnamon is losing customers to a food cart. If Cinnamon is empty, its substandard food and service are to blame. Now, if they were to introduce a vegan bacon-wrapped hotdog, I might stop in on occasion.