Examiner Local Editorial: Arlington should accommodate, not punish, food trucks

Published December 25, 2012 5:00am ET



Arlington County should move quickly to resolve its legal confrontation with local food truck vendors. The food trucks provide a popular lunch alternative for people who work in the close-in Virginia suburbs. They have recently faced aggressive enforcement by county police of ambiguous rules that only allow them to serve their ware for 60 minutes in any given space.

The Washington Examiner’s Taylor Holland reported Monday that county police have been enforcing the old but rarely enforced rule. Not only does the 60-minute rule give the trucks barely any time to sell their food once they’ve set themselves up, but it’s also unclear how far the trucks must move after the 60 minutes are up to remain in compliance.

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