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McDonald's Thinks Developing a Chicken Sandwich Will Help Them Compete with Chick-fil-A, but It's Off by Miles
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The Chick-fil-A at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. Screen grab via CFA.
The number one fast food chain on the planet is seeing a major threat on the horizon, and it smells like chicken sandwiches and waffle fries.
Chick-fil-A is fast becoming America's most well known and most loved fast food chain. It's on track to become the third most successful store in its class, surpassing other national brands like Wendy's and Sonic and falling behind only Starbucks and the most famous chain on the planet.
McDonald's has noticed Chick-fil-A's rise, and it wants to make sure that the Christian chain can never step on its toes. With that in mind, McDonald's has decided that it's going to begin creating a sandwich that could possibly compete with America's current chicken sandwich champion.
"A Chicken Sandwich at McDonald's should be our top priority," the National Owners Association board said in an email addressed to fellow operators on Tuesday according to MSN.
"Chick Fil A's results demonstrate the power of chicken," the board added.
In any other kind of business environment, McDonald's would be making the right move. The problem for McDonald's is that while Chick-fil-A's food is nigh unbeatable in the fast food market, the chain is so much more than chicken, shakes, and fries.
Chick-fil-A is backed by a Christian philosophy that drives their business. It's corporate mission is "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A," as stated by Chick-fil-A's about its corporate purpose. This Christian drive for being a positive influence makes them focus on hospitality and good service.
Chick-fil-A's vice president David Farmer described the company's approach to the customer's experience as "[NASCAR] pit crew efficiency, but where you feel like you just got hugged in the process."
And they do this very well. The chicken sandwich chain is so good at getting customers in and out with all the friendliness and warmth of a church door greater on Sunday that it's become an internet meme. As it happens, I had a semi-jocular conversation with my RedState colleague Bonchie about it today, recalling the fact that I actually had to leave a Chick-fil-A drive-thru line solely out of fear that I'd be hit by cars due to the fact that the drive-thru line had spilled into the road and extended into the intersection before it.
No joke. Yesterday I went to get some Chick-fil-A during lunch but the line was backed up so far it spilled into the road and into the intersection. It's the first time I ever had to pass on it. https://t.co/wQdfjVT7gz
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) July 10, 2019
Funny part is that I actually considered waiting in that line because I figured it was likely I'd have my food in five minutes anyway. The only thing that caused me to leave was the fact that I'd be waiting right in the middle of the intersection.
This isn't a rare occurrence, either, as this is a phenomenon that happens all around the country. People are willing to queue up in these lines because they know they're not going to be waiting long thanks to the swiftness of Chick-fil-A's employees.
Air traffic controllers don't operate this efficiently.
I've been to many a McDonald's in my day. Going in there is usually a hit or miss experience. I might get a friendly employee who takes my order and sends me on my way after only a few moments. I might also get a bored employee who clearly doesn't want to be there and shows it in their attitude toward me. I'm one more obstacle in their quest to sit around and do nothing while they run down the clock.
Hopefully your order is complete, and after all that, you still have to eat McDonald's. I haven't been in one in years except to use it as an impromptu stop for a restroom on road trips.
McDonald's thinks this is about a chicken sandwich. Yeah, the sandwich helps, but Chick-fil-A feels like a business with weight and substance to it. Meanwhile, McDonald's feels like every other sterilized corporation that is more concerned with money than good service. They served food that was unfit for humans until Jamie Oliver uncovered what kind of meat they were serving to humans, and then quietly stopped doing it.
Meanwhile, Chick-fil-A has walked through fire and came out unburnt like some kind of Christian Khaleesi. After LGBT activists attempted to punish Chick-fil-A for its leaders daring to say it believed in traditional marriage — like any Christian would — Chick-fil-A walked away more popular and wealthy than ever. Even today, no matter how hard they try, left-leaning activists can't seem to stop the juggernaut.
This endeared Chick-fil-A to the masses, not only because it stood tall against the bullies, but because it came out on top afterward.
It's a proven corporation with classic American values, Christian principles, solid food, and customer service that many corporations only dream of.
McDonald's doesn't have a chicken sandwich problem, it has a "it's nothing like Chick-fil-A" problem.
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Into the Belly of the Beast: Brace For Impact – Chick-Fil-A Opens in Ultra-Left-Wing Seattle
in Allow Media Exception, Chick-Fil-A, Christianity, Culture, democrats, Featured Story, Front Page Stories, LGBT, News, Politics, Press Releases, religion, Seattle, Uncategorized, Washington
[Screenshot from chickfila, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=_RAzh13zoes]
Aaand it's here.
The time has come, folks — it's right into the belly of the beast for that most controversial and delicious supplier of waffle fries and social justice heartache (here and here): This week, Chick-fil-A opens its first-ever location in ultra-left-wing Seattle.
Hold on to your (kitty) hats.
Eater reports that hipsters will be able to Eat Mor Chikin on Thursday, June 27th.
In a place called — perhaps appropriately — Bitter Lake.
Some hungry fools are most likely already camping out. According to Western Washington's KIRO Channel 7, that isn't unusual:
In the past, opening events have included parking lot campouts of fans hoping to win a year's worth of free meals. They've also caused traffic jams for weeks. In 2015, the opening of the Bellevue location had police officers directing traffic to keep cars moving and the crowds continued for several weeks. The city had to implement a new traffic plan to accommodate the massive lines of cars traveling around the restaurant."
More on the freebies and fanaticism, from Eater:
Die-hard fans of the often-controversial Chick-fil-A chain camped out in subzero temperatures for an opening in Elmhurst, Illinois, suffering through the cold to earn free Chick-fil-A meals for a year. WGN reports that dozens of people camped out overnight in "tents and survival gear" to be among the first inside. It's a Chick-fil-A tradition to offer the first 100 customers one free meal (a sandwich, fries, and a drink) every week for a year: some fans travel out-of-state for each successive franchise opening in an attempt to score the deal.
Sub-zero! That's love right there.
Of course, not everyone's smitten.
Here's Katie Herzog for The Stranger:
Eater reports that America's best most homophobic chicken chain will be opening their first location in Seattle's Bitter Lake, a north Seattle neighborhood I've never been to been to but frankly, sounds like my kind of place.
The store is scheduled to open at the end of the month (Happy Pride!) and while one more fast food franchise wouldn't normally be news, this is semi-notable because Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A's president, is a notorious hater of gays. Cathy has given millions to groups that oppose same-sex marriage and has previously said that he supports "the biblical definition of the family unit," which, I assume, means he thinks fathers should demand their prospective sons-in-law to present the patriarch with a bouquet of 100 foreskins before he'll allow the couple to marry. Or maybe he's more into the family unit in which a dad asks a mob to rape his daughters instead of the angels they'd rather rape instead? Either way, dude is a major Jesus freak, and while he backed away from some of his previous anti-gay sentiments after people started protesting his chicken shack, the company isn't exactly known for its progressive values.
Whoa Nelly.
Well, if you're not of the Katie Herzog school of thought, you may wanna check out a tasty chocolate shake with whipped cream and a cherry near a lake named for misery in the place that formally Smelled Like Teen Spirit. Starting Thursday, a north Seattle neighborhood will smell like lunch.
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Tolerance: San Mateo County Supervisor Launches Shame Campaign to Force Chick-fil-A to Withdraw Expansion Plans
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Inspired by the success of the San Antonio city council banning Chick-fil-A from opening a location at their airport, and a Democratic state lawmaker's successful push to get the restaurant banned from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, a San Mateo County supervisor has come up with a plan he thinks will stop the company's expansion in Redwood City, CA.
The San Mateo Daily Journal reports:
"Chick-fil-A's values don't represent our values," said San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa. "The logo might as well say 'we hate gay people."
Canepa hopes for a similar outcome [to San Antonio and Buffalo] in San Mateo County and plans to write a letter to the company discouraging it from setting up shop in Redwood City.
"I expect demonstrations and protests," he said. "My goal ultimately is that they withdraw their permit and not do business in San Mateo County."
Unlike the Buffalo and San Antonio locations that came under fire, the one in Redwood City would be on private property:
The Georgia-based purveyor of chicken sandwiches has obtained city approval for renovations and will replace the McDonald's at 536 Whipple Ave., city spokeswoman Meghan Horrigan confirmed last week.
Another local official is in agreement with Canepa that the proposed location is not welcome in San Mateo county:
Craig Wiesner, sits on the San Mateo County LGBTQ Commission, said the community should stand up to the company.
"I don't think that we should necessarily be regulating what businesses can open in Redwood City, but I do think that as a community, we can stand up and say we don't want this particular business which has taken a very open stand against LGBTQ people and spent millions of dollars against us at the heart of our county," Wiesner said.
Canepa told KPIX 5 that "When people think of the Chick-fil-A logo — what they think of is anti-LGBTQ."
Literally nobody thinks about this outside of concern-trolling social justice warrior types and their authoritarian government allies who have nothing better to do with their time than to try to force private businesses to conform to their belief system – or else.
I get that Canepa is not using his position as a county supervisor to get the county to ban the restaurant from opening, but he IS using his position to whip up phony outrage and essentially shame the company into withdrawing their expansion plans – all because he disagrees with the owner's personal beliefs.
That is a key point in all of this anti-Chick-fil-A madness, I think. There is zero evidence – nada, none – that the company discriminates against the LGBTQ company in its hiring practices. But because the owner of the chain is personally opposed to gay marriage, he should be outed, shamed, and – ultimately – forced out of business.
What will happen if Chick-fil-A doesn't comply with Canepa's letter encouraging them to withdraw their plans? Will government force be the next step? It doesn't appear that local media outlets have asked him that question, but they should.
I think the people of San Mateo county deserve to know what you will do do if CFA does not comply with your request to withdraw their expansion plans. Care to comment?
— Sister Toldjah (@sistertoldjah) June 6, 2019
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Boom Lowered: TX AG Ken Paxton Files Lawsuit Against San Antonio for Requested Documents on Chick-fil-A Ban
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Image via TX AG Ken Paxton's Twitter feed.
Nearly two weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration announced it was launching investigations into the bans on Chick-fil-A restaurants at the San Antonio Airport and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Antonio.
Alleging that the city has so far not cooperated with the state's investigation, which began in late March, Paxton said in a statement:
The Public Information Act ensures that "the people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know." Nevertheless, the City of San Antonio has refused to comply with the Office of the Attorney General's investigation, instead claiming an exemption to disclosure.
"The City of San Antonio claims that it can hide documents because it anticipates being sued," Attorney General Paxton said. "But we've simply opened an investigation using the Public Information Act. If a mere investigation is enough to excuse the City of San Antonio from its obligation to be transparent with the people of Texas, then the Public Information Act is a dead letter. The city's extreme position only highlights its fear about allowing any sunshine on the religious bigotry that animated its decision."
In response to the lawsuit, San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segovia questioned Paxton's ability to investigate the issue without bias:
"It is clear from the strident comments in his press release that any 'investigation' would be a pretense to justify his own conclusions," Segovia said in a written statement. In addition, he said, Paxton has yet to specify what authority he is relying upon to investigate the airport contract.
Paxton ordered his office to get involved in the controversy after the San Antonio city council voted in March to effectively ban the restaurant from their airport for seven years after a report from the liberal website Think Progress was released detailing Chick-fil-A's 2017 charitable contributions.
The AG's office is not the only branch of Texas's government to step in. The Texas state legislature passed a "save Chick-fil-A" bill in May that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is expected to sign.
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Dear LGBT Community, Corporations Don't Care About You
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I hate "Pride Month," and not for the reasons many would hope to think. I don't typically care what your sexuality is, so long as it doesn't involve children or animals. I'm not your keeper just as much as you're not mine.
But I hate the entire month carved out to celebrate the LGBT cause because I'm consistently inundated with messages, ads, and products that look like a rainbow threw up all over them from corporations talking about how great it is that homosexual people exist and are proud about it. To the idea of free people being free to be whoever they want, I'm all on board. The thing that bothers me is that the corporation celebrating it doesn't actually believe it.
Let's set up a hypothetical scenario.
Let's say that tomorrow that a total social change in the populace is established and the vast majority of the world accepts it and the world's court of public opinion turns its nose up to homosexuality. The same Macy's that was decorating its windows with rainbow flag designs and selling "Pride Month" merch will suddenly act like there is no such thing as an LGBT community. The businesses who were changing their social media avatars to have rainbow overlays wouldn't have a trace of pro-LGBT sentiment in any of its pages.
This would happen because the corporation is concerned with one thing, and one thing only.
Money is the name of the game, and the more of it that they can get, the more the corporations will act in whatever manner is necessary to get it. This means that all the window dressing and pride t-shirts are really just a pandering tool as a way to squeeze more money from people. This would be all well and good, and I celebrate that kind of capitalism by itself.
However, corporations do more than just sell themed merch directed toward the LGBT community. They moralize.
Pantene did it with transgenderism.
Closeup did it with homosexual couples.
During 2013's Supreme Court battle over gay marriage, almost every corporation and their dog were sporting the equal sign in support of the homosexual marriage. Again, I don't care if gay people want to have a ceremony and call themselves married, but now we're talking about corporations telling us about what is right and wrong.
Again, they're not doing this because they care, they're doing this because it's a trend that will make them money. If it stopped making them money, they'd stop doing it. Which makes this hollow. They just want your money, and more importantly, they want you to be okay with spending money there even when it's not Pride Month. If you're celebrating a corporation for being "pro-LGBT," then their plan is working. You're sending people to spend more money at their locations with your praise.
But there's a malicious element to it that I feel needs to be highlighted.
Christians had to accept a long time ago with the celebration of Christmas that most corporations don't care about them either. It's undeniable that the entire holiday revolves around the birth of Jesus Christ. He is the literal reason for the season. Yet, most corporations won't acknowledge that the guy is even a factor.
Because corporations found out that the promotion of Christ has negative ramifications. The media will lambast them as the media does when it comes to anything Christian. They'll use negative connotations when speaking about them, ask officials from the business loaded questions, take them out of context with every word they say, and turn almost everything they do into a national issue. Activists begin to work overtime to make sure that the corporation is consistently dogged with bad PR, lawsuits, and more.
Proclaiming your Christianity in an official capacity is a huge risk. Sometimes it pays off, as it did for Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A, but sometimes it means your life becomes unbelievably complicated, as it did for Jack Phillips and his Colorado bakery.
It's dangerous to be associated with Christian causes, or even right-wing causes. Those kinds of stances likely mean a whole host of problems you wouldn't have to deal with if you had celebrated the approved causes form the get-go. The media approved causes. The activist approved causes. The causes supported by the loudest and well-connected among us.
In short, corporations aren't just doing this for the money, they're doing it out of fear. A business would normally have much to gain by keeping quiet and just selling its wares, however, it feels the need to steer clear of one issue and publicly and loudly embrace another. It only does this because it feels that if it doesn't, that the activists and the media will start asking questions.
And when they start asking their questions, there is no answer that will satisfy them. Once they start asking the questions, you're already in trouble. Better to capitulate and celebrate now than face the mob and lose money later.
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Will Chick-fil-A go down the tubes in a "meatless revolution?"
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Say it ain't so, Joe! Or Dan, actually. (As in Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A.) The company is reportedly in the midst of developing more vegan options on their menu. But they're not just talking about salads and side dishes here. Some thought is being given to offering "meatless chicken." Which, last time I checked, means it's not actually chicken. (NY Post)
Chick-fil-A may eventually have to expand their slogan to "eat mor chikin or plant-based chikin alternatives."
The fast-food chain is reportedly looking into the possibility of adding more vegan options and possible meat substitutes to their menu. While their menu currently has a few items that are meat free, these mostly consist of salads and side dishes.
Amanda Norris, the executive director of Chik-fil-A's menu, told Business Insider that "a vegetarian option or a vegan option is something we're looking at, we're thinking about and have some research and development."
It turns out that Chick-fil-A has a long, five-stage process for adding new items to the menu. These are called "understand, imagine, prototype, validate and launch." They're still in the early stages, but the research is said to be looking at something similar to Burger King's Impossible Whopper that we discussed here previously. They're using "meat" that's cultured in a lab and constructed from plant products. (Sounds yummy, right? I know!)
Can they do the same thing with chicken? Or more to the point, should they do the same thing with chicken? I'm not familiar with all the science behind this, but I find it hard to believe that Chick-fil-A could ever take something cooked up out of plant root enzymes and make it taste the same as the delicious sandwiches they make today. And if they tell us in advance about what they did, I probably won't be able to get that out of my mind when opening the package.
Of course, given some of the other options on the table, plant-based chicken might start sounding pretty good later this year. Other outfits are looking at making burgers and other food items out of… wait for it… "cricket powder." And yes, cricket powder is exactly what it sounds like. Dried, ground up crickets. Thank the Lord I'm getting old and probably won't live to see all of this.
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'Save Chick-fil-A bill' survives in the Texas State Senate, LGBTQ Caucus clucks
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The Texas State Senate passed a bill out of the Senate Affairs Committee Monday that has opponents clucking over chicken sandwiches and religious freedom. Extraordinary measures were taken, but a companion bill to one that died in the Texas House last week was introduced and advanced to the full Senate. The bill, Senate Bill 1978, is on the Senate's intent calendar for Tuesday. The legislation is all about preserving religious freedom and tasty Chick-fil-A sandwiches, too.
Articles have been written here and other places for months about troubles the fast food franchise is encountering over attempts to eliminate contracts with colleges, bans at airports, and investigations have been opened. The battles against Chick-fil-A are led by LGBTQ activists opposed to the franchise founder's support of Christian charities, claiming faith-based organizations are discriminatory to the LGBTQ community.
Last week Rep. Matt Krause introduced House Bill 3172, which gay rights groups described as the "most extreme anti-LGBT" legislation filed this year. The bill was killed by a point of order, a parliamentary move from Rep. Julie Johnson, a member of the House's LGBTQ caucus. Senate Bill 1978 was filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes.
First, she offered a point of order arguing the amended bill improperly expanded its scope. That was shot down. Then, Johnson said an analysis of the bill's effects was inaccurate. That point of order was valid, parliamentarians said.
As the bill died, a handful of lawmakers cheered its demise. Somewhere on the House floor, someone played a recording of "Taps."
Hughes got his bill heard in committee Monday with a waiver of the public notice rule. The Senate Affairs Committee quickly met and conducted a public hearing on the bill without speakers, likely due to the fact that public notice was not given about the hearing. By contrast, the House bill brought out dozens of speakers both for and against the House bill.
"The bill as filed ensures religious beliefs are protected from discrimination. It's about the First Amendment and freedom of speech, freedom of religion — those uniquely American rights," Hughes said as he laid out his bill before a nearly empty committee room.
Hughes' bill would prevent the government from penalizing an individual or business for actions based on religious beliefs or moral convictions.
Texas Freedom Network, a left-leaning non-profit organization that works to counter actions from Christian conservatives, is none too pleased. Reading the president's argument, though, makes it difficult to understand why the double-standard hypocrisy at play isn't obvious. Discrimination is a two-way street. Why do the feelings of the LGBTQ community outweigh the freedom of a private business to contribute money and support to organizations incorporating its founder's values?
"It's appalling to hold a ghost hearing and then take a snap vote that leaves virtually no chance for anyone to tell senators how such a sweeping discrimination bill would affect individuals and families across the state," Kathy Miller, president of Texas Freedom Network, said in a statement. "The lieutenant governor is so desperate to pass a bill that shields discrimination against LGBT Texans that he no longer even pretends to care what anybody else thinks about it. But ramming this bill through doesn't change the fact that the majority of Texans oppose laws that allow the use of religion to hurt people simply because of who they are or whom they love."
The sponsor in the Senate points to the obvious – the bill will protect the rights of individuals to support others who share the same values and beliefs.
"We've heard disturbing stories about folks being punished just because they choose to contribute to a religious organization that shares their views or values," Hughes said.
LGBTQ advocates said the legislation would give Texans a license to discriminate against people based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
There is likely enough time left in this year's legislative session for the final bill to make its way to the governor's desk for his signature. The last day for the House to debate Senate bills is May 21, with the session ending on May 27.
It's too bad that it is now necessary for the state government to step in to protect the rights of business owners and their ability to support the religious charities of their choice. This legislation has been instigated due to the publicity garnered recently by Chick-fil-A but it will protect all businesses, regardless of liberal or conservative bias. In the case of Chick-fil-A, the franchise doesn't discriminate against gay employees or customers. If a member of a minority community feels uncomfortable supporting any business solely due to that business's financial contributions, the option of purchasing chicken sandwiches (in the case of Chick-fil-A) elsewhere is available. Trying to shut down a business is wrong and should not be silently tolerated.
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Trinity University Administration Rejects Student Government's Call to Ban Chick-Fil-A
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Score one for common sense: administrators at Trinity University have rejected a resolution passed by their Student Government Association (SGA) to ban Chick-fil-A from being a vendor at the on-campus food court.
As RedState reported yesterday, the SGA voted unanimously to send a resolution to the administration calling for Chick-fil-A to be ban from the food court, citing the company's "values regarding the LGBT+ community," which they said were in conflict with Trinity's values of "diversity and inclusion." No examples were cited of any actual incidents of discrimination on campus against any Chick-fil-A employee or customer on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category.
Chick-fil-A does not have a permanent location on the Trinity campus but has been included in a rotation of offerings from chain restaurants, typically appearing on the menu every two weeks.
We can now report that cooler heads have prevailed. Friday afternoon, Tess Coody-Anders, Trinity's Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing, sent an email on a Trinity listserv stating that the contract with Chick-fil-A would not be cancelled.
"We do not make vendor decisions based on political or religious beliefs," wrote Coody-Anders, who is herself a Trinity alumna.
A screen cap of the email was provided to RedState, and the text is quoted below:
As you may know, SGA recently recommended Trinity remove Chick-fil-A from rotation in Revolve [the food court]. The University has reviewed the request and responded with the following decision, which was recently shared with the leadership of SGA:
As primarily a student service, vendor selection for Revolve was and will continue to be based on utilization, variety of options, vendor performance and campus-wide feedback. We do not make vendor decisions based on political or religious beliefs. Based on these criteria, Chick-fil-A appears to be a preferred vendor by students and the broader Trinity community.
As such, we will not recommend that Aramark remove Chick-fil-A from rotation at Revolve. We appreciate the dialogue initiated at the end of this semester and encourage students to engage with faculty and staff to further explore critical issues. Our assessment of vendors, including soliciting input from students, faculty and staff, will continue annually.
In other words, the chicken sandwiches are delicious, students like them, so the university will continue to sell them. Trinity students will remain free to choose if they want to buy them or not. Ah, capitalism!
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Student Government at Christian College in Texas Votes to Oust Chick-fil-A from Campus
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The latest battle in the Great Chicken Sandwich Culture War is being fought at Trinity University, a private liberal arts university in San Antonio, Texas. Trinity's Student Government Association (SGA) voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for the administration to ban Chick-fil-A from the college food court concessions.
Chick-fil-A does not have a permanent location on the Trinity campus, but is currently included as part of a rotation of offerings from a variety of chain restaurants in the food court. Typically, Chick-fil-A would be available once every two weeks, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
The resolution passed by the SGA stated that "Trinity's values of diversity and inclusion and Chick-fil-a's values regarding the LGBT+ community are mutually exclusive…Trinity is a university that emphasizes its commitment to diversity and inclusion. Having Chick-fil-a in the rotation at [the food court] conflicts with those values."
Listed among the SGA's grievances with Chick-fil-A were the company's donations to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The resolution is non-binding but is a way that the SGA communicates recommendations to the university administration, which has the legal power to negotiate the food court contracts with vendors like Chick-fil-A.
Not all students agreed with the SGA, however. Trinity's chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas (an alternative to College Republicans active on many Texas college campuses, often viewed as more traditionally conservative than CRs) spoke out against the resolution and had a social event at an off-campus Chick-fil-A location.
YCT President Isaiah Mitchell noted that Trinity is a private institution and "well within their rights" to kick the chicken purveyors off their campus if they so chose, but disputed the accusation that Chick-fil-A harms LGBT people, drawing a distinction between "[lobbying] against the political goals of the LGBTQ left" and "actually harming" people.
Another campus leader, Zoe Brigman, who is the president of a campus LGBT organization, told the Express-News "there isn't much of a general consensus" among her members about Chick-fil-A and whether they should be at Trinity.
Part of the reason there may not be a "general consensus" among LGBT Trinity students against Chick-fil-A is that, like previous efforts to boycott or ban the restaurant, there aren't any examples of the restaurant discriminating against employees or customers based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category.
To the contrary, Chick-fil-A's efficient and friendly service is an established part of their brand. One of the videos that went viral during the original attempts at protests after the late CEO S. Truett Cathy voiced his support for traditional marriage featured a man ordering only water (an item offered for free, so a loss for the restaurant in the amount of the cost of the water, cup, straw, and lid), yelling rudely at the drive-thru cashier about Cathy's comments…and from the Chick-fil-A cashier, getting a polite apology and his free cup of water in response.
There is added irony for students at Trinity University — a supposedly Christian university — to be attacking a company for donating to Christian organizations like the Fellowship for Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army. Both of those organizations promote traditional Christian values, including a traditional view of marriage, but are hardly active in the political debate on that issue. Where they are active is supporting a significant amount of charitable work, including toy drives for poor children and support services for veterans and homeless people. It strikes me as an odd take for a college founded on Christian values to be offended at donating to those Salvation Army bell ringers, but perhaps it is a more accurate reflection of where Trinity is today.
Trinity was originally founded by the Presbyterian Church, but looking at their website today, it was difficult to find any evidence of their Christian roots or promotion of Christian values. In fact, I could not find the word "Christian" anywhere on the home page or on the subpages discussing the university's founding, history, and values.
The closest I could find was this one sentence:
"Founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1869, Trinity values learning, faith, service, and connection to others, honoring the dignity and worth of every person. Our institutional values include Discovery, Excellence, Impact, The Individual, and Community."
It is not yet clear what the Trinity administration will do in response to the SGA resolution. But if the students decide to kick the delicious chicken sandwiches off campus, it is not going to hurt the company financially.
To date, all efforts to boycott or ban Chick-fil-A have been wildly unsuccessful. Individual locations may be shut down or prohibited from opening, but Chick-fil-A's profits continue to soar. In fact, the company has reported sales growth every year since its founding in 1946 and has established itself as the most profitable fast-food chain restaurant in America on a per-location basis, even though it is the only major chain that is closed every Sunday, and does not have the late night drive-through hours that McDonald's and others offer.
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Woke: Cal Poly Faculty Votes to Kick 25-Year-Old Chick-Fil-A off Campus, but University Officials Struck Back
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The loony left's war on Chick-fil-A continues, and this time it has hit the campus of Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
Faculty that make up the campus organization point to Chick-Fil-A Foundation's history of donating to anti-LGBT causes, noting that its values are not consistent with those of the university.
In a vote Tuesday, the vast majority of the academic senate (38 out of 44) opted to recommend getting rid of the chicken chain's location despite its 25-year tenure on campus.
Cal Poly faculty, students want Chick-fil-A banned. University says that's 'censorship' https://t.co/EQ5IMexGkz
— The Sacramento Bee (@sacbee_news) May 9, 2019
According to the campus newspaper Mustang News, academic Senate Vice Chair Thomas Gutierrez argued passionately in favor of the restaurant's removal, comparing it to Hooters and porn magazines:
Gutierrez said Cal Poly already filters their vendors based on their values and there is no reason Chick-fil-A should be an exception.
"We don't sell pornography in the bookstore and we don't have a Hooters on campus — we already pre-select those kind of things based on our existing values," Gutierrez said. "This is a similar thing, the difference is we're actually profiting from this. So our money, every dollar a student is spending at Chick-fil-A, is going to these causes that are in violation of our values."
Though the faculty's vote was overwhelmingly in favor of removing Chick-fil-A, a university spokesman said that fighting intolerance with intolerance is not the best way to handle the situation:
While university administration passionately disagrees with the values of some of the organizations the president of Chick-fil-A has chosen to make personal donations to, we do not believe in responding to intolerance with intolerance. Rather, we must model our values of inclusion – that means upholding the rights of others to have different perspectives and ensuring there is space in our community for differing viewpoints and ideologies, even those that may be in direct conflict with our own. – Matt Lazier
He also stated that the restaurant was popular with students (it had record sales numbers last year) and did not have a history of discrimination on campus.
In fact, the restaurant chain is on track to become the "third-biggest U.S. restaurant chain by sales" in the country, as Red State's Brandon Morse noted yesterday.
Ultimately it will be up to Cal Poly SLO university President Jeffrey Armstrong to decide if the restaurant stays or goes. Based on the university spokesman's statements, though, it doesn't appear the restaurant has anything to worry about.
Besides, the school really has more important things to worry about – like how their new logo resembles a hammer and sickle:
Cal Poly spent $340,000 on rebranding and, as often happens with such efforts, the new logo is being ridiculed.
Unveiled last week at the campus — California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo — the logo was revamped partly so it would look better on small digital screens.
The simplified academic shield drops three of previous images, keeping only the one depicting a quill and a hammer. The items are intended to represent the motto "learn by doing" (which is now in English rather than Latin).
To some, the icon resembles the hammer and sickle on the old Soviet flag. And the added element, a sunset behind Bishop Peak, has been criticized as reminiscent of the Imperial Japanese Army's Rising Sun flag.
Cal Poly's new logo blasted; recall petition launched https://t.co/vwAC2RMswt
— Mercury News (@mercnews) May 8, 2019
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Inter-Parliamentary Union election: Portugal wins, Pakistan candidate gets lowest votes
Portugal won the elections for the post of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) president with 222 votes.
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Duarte Pacheco was elected with 56 per cent of the vote in a single round of voting.
New Delhi: Portugal on Monday won the elections for the post of the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) with 222 votes. The new IPU president Duarte Pacheco was elected with 56 per cent of the vote in a single round of voting.
Candidates from four countries were in the fray for elections--Portugal's Duarte Pacheco, Pakistan's Muhammad Sanjrani, Uzbekistan's Akmal Saidov and Canada's Pakistani origin Salma Ataullahjan.
Uzbekistan got 67 votes, Canada got 53 votes and Pakistan got the lowest number of votes at 52. According to officials, India was opposed to Pakistan's candidature and was expected to vote for either Portugal's Duarte Pacheco or Akmal Saidov from Uzbekistan over Muhammad Sanjrani from Pakistan.
The term of the new IPU president will be from 2020-2023. The previous IPU president was Mexican MP Gabriela Cuevas Barron who completed the tenure in October.
Duarte Pacheco will be the 30th president of the IPU and has been a member of Portugal's Parliament since 1991. He has held different functions in Parliament, including as a Member of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Portuguese Communities.
IPU, based in Geneva is a body consisting of representatives from the National Parliaments of 179 countries. Each national parliament sends three of its legislatures to represent the country whenever the meeting of IPU takes place.
The Governing Council is meeting virtually amid the COVID-19 crisis from November 1-4 and voted virtually. 400 parliamentarians from over 140 IPU Member Parliaments had registered to vote electronically.
The elections took place through a remote electronic secret ballot. The Indian Parliamentary Delegation is led by Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla and Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam and Swapan Dasgupta both legislators in the Indian Parliament.
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A French composer born October 28, 1961 in Valenciennes.
A pupil of Ivo Malec, Betsy Jolas and Gérard Grisey at the Paris Conservatory, François Paris won a First Prize for composition and was then a laureate of the International Besançon Competition for La chair de l'aube (1992). In residence at the Villa Medici (1993-1995), he subsequently obtained a CA teaching degree for music school direction.
Director of the CIRM and the festival Manca, he taught composition and made regular appearances in France (Fondation Royaumont, Nice Conservatory) and also abroad (Berkeley in California, Moscow Conservatory, Peking University, Shanghai Conservatory).
Adolfo NUNEZ
A Spanish composer born September 21, 1954.
Adolfo Núñez studied composition and the guitar at the Royal Madrid Conservatory before completing his studies elsewhere in Europe, notably as a pupil of Francisco Guerrero, Carnelo Alonso Bernaola, Brian Ferneyhough and Luis de Pablo. He studied computer-assisted music with John Chowning and Leland Smith at the CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) of Stanford in the USA, where he obtained a Master of Arts degree. He also obtained a diploma from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales in Madrid.
Sylvano BUSSOTTI
An Italian composer, performer, painter, writer, stage director born October 1, 1931 in Florence (Italy) who died September 19, 2021 in Milan (Italy).
Sylvano Bussotti began his apprenticeship of the violin at the age of five before entering the piano class of Luigi Dallapiccola at the Florence Conservatory where he also studied harmony and counterpoint. War, however, interrupted his studies though he subsequently studied composition as an autodidact. In 1956 he became a pupil of Max Deutsch in Paris and met Pierre Boulez, who introduced him to Darmstadt where became acquainted with John Cage.
A French composer born May 14, 1959 in East Patchogue (United States).
Anthony Girard studied at the Paris Conservatory, notably with Serge Nigg and Claude Ballif. He won prizes for harmony, counterpoint, analysis, orchestration and composition (1980-1986), as well as a DEA in music history (1985) at the Sorbonne. He was then in residence at the Casa de Velázquez (1986-1988) and developed his style free of all restraints.
Luis De PABLO
A Spanish composer born January 28, 1930 in Bilbao (Spain) who died October 10, 2021 in Madrid (Spain).
Christian DACHEZ
A French composer born June 13, 1951 in Humbercamps.
Christian Dachez studied notably at the conservatories of Lille, Boulogne and Versailles. He studied the trombone with Raymond Katarzinsky, conducting with Jean-Claude Hartmann, analysis with Philippe Dulat and theory with Yvonne Desportes.
Christian Dachez at first composed music for advertising, the cinema, television and the chanson. Charmed by the music of Ligeti, he found in this composer his spiritual master and definitively directed himself towards a contemporary language.
David JISSE
A French composer born April 12, 1946 in Pessac, who died July 18, 2020.
After studying singing and the classical guitar David Jisse began a career as an author-composer-performer, creating, with Dominique Marge, the duet 'David and Dominique'. In 1973 he met Luc Ferrari, discovered electroacoustic music composition and trained in studio work, in experimental music and in radiophonic art.
Joanna BRUZDOWICZ
A French composer, pianist, journalist and music critic born May 17, 1943 in Warsaw who died November 3, 2021 in Taillet.
A pianist by training, Joanna Bruzdowicz studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski at the Higher Music School in Warsaw, then in Paris, notably with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. She completed her itinerary at the GRM and the Sorbonne, where she presented a doctorate in mathematics and logic in contemporary music.
David HUDRY
A French composer born July 3, 1978 in Nîmes.
After studying music and musicology at the Conservatory and the University of Montpellier, David Hudry obtained an aggregation in music before joining the composition and new technology classes at the Paris Conservatory. A pupil notably of Emmanuel Nunes, Stefano Gervasoni and Luis Naon, he completed his training with the composition and computer music course at Ircam.
Ivane Béatrice BELLOCQ
A French composer born July 29, 1958 in Saint-Nazaire.
Ivane Bellocq studied the flute with Roger Bourdin, analysis with Max Deutsch and composition with Olivier Greif.
An international performer, she plays and records many works of both the past and the present, notably Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Olivier Greif, Sofia Goubaidoulina, Suzanne Giraud, Patrice Sciortino and Sophie Lacaze.
As a composer she has been invited to numerous residences in the Île de France, in Mayenne and with festivals or ensembles (the chamber choir Les Temperamens Variations, Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence, des Hautes-Vosges…).
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CRUZ Violeta (1986)
CUNIOT Laurent (1957)
DACHEZ Christian (1951)
DALBAVIE Marc-André (1961)
DAO Nguyen Thien (1940-2015)
DARBELLAY Jean-Luc (1946)
DAVID Vincent (1974)
DAYER Xavier (1972)
DAZZI Gualtiero (1960)
DECOUST Michel (1936)
DEFOSSEZ Patrick (1959)
DEMIER Philippe (1960)
DENEUVE Michel (1955)
DENISOV Edison (1929-1996)
DESSY Jean-Paul (1963)
DHERMY Jean-Louis (1950)
DHOMONT Francis (1926)
DI TUCCI Jean-Jacques (1958)
DILLON James (1950)
DONATONI Franco (1927-2000)
DROUET Jean-Pierre (1935)
DROUIN Geoffroy (1970)
DUBEDOUT Bertrand (1958)
DUBUGNON Richard (1968)
DUCOL Bruno (1949)
DUFOUR Denis (1953)
DUFOURT Hugues (1943)
POUGET Nelly (1955)
POUSSEUR Henri (1929-2009)
POWERS Anthony (1953)
POZMANTER Michel (1974)
LE PRADO Cécile (1956)
PREY Claude (1925-1998)
PRIN Yves (1933)
PROBST Dominique (1954)
PROD'HOMME Lucie (1964)
PRODROMIDES Jean (1927-2016)
PUIG Michel (1930)
RABINOVITCH Alexandre (1945)
RACOT Gilles (1951)
RADIGUE Eliane (1932)
RADULESCU Horatiu (1942-2008)
RAI Takayuki (1954)
RASKATOV Alexandre (1953)
RATIU Horia (1951)
RAULT Patrice (1959)
RAXACH Enrique (1932)
RAYNAL Gilles (1954)
RAYNAUD Philippe (1956)
REBOTIER Jacques (1947)
REDGATE Roger (1958)
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Whom should Stephen Connor hire? Why?
If the choice of selection of candidates was to be analyzed keeping all aspects of every candidate in consideration, Seth Horkum can be considered the most suitable selection among the pool of potential candidates. The first impression of Seth Horkum is that he is an experienced stock picker as there are several examples of his selected stocks that went good. Although his history shows some lose ends at stock picking, but that is normal in this industry. The proof of his excellent performance was that he got a second runner up position in the Institutional Investor magazine. This post requires the candidate to be extensively social in the industry. Making contacts are vital for the progress of any candidate and the company. Seth Horkum had reasonably good number of contacts due to his vast experience in the same field of operations. Power chip is in his stronger capacity due to the contacts made in the industry. His strong background can compensate for some weakness in writing and presentation skills. The company has the potential to train him according to the specified required for a particular candidate.
Seth has a roadmap designed for him to get to the top. The reason of leaving the current firm is also a reasonable one as it is hindering him to his way on the top. His intelligence and expertise confirms that he has the potential of what he is planning to do. Dedication to work is one of the strongest points of his selection process which can be judged by the fact that he can disclose his important information to others without any disregard. The matter of fact is that he is interested in his work and works with passion. The change of firms to achieve higher rankings could have been a negative point for this candidate, but he explained it effectively. He explained that Jeffersons Brothers are not dedicated to him like he is with them. He requires a company which encourages teamwork and supportive environment. RSH could be the optimum platform for such a candidate because this could lead him to be the best in his expertise. Seth did not talk about the compensation and wage offered in his interview as he was more interested in the type of environment, scale of independency and methodology of the operations handled in the firm. Hence, Seth Horkum is the best suitable candidate for the desired post.
Imagine yourself in the place of each of the candidates. What strengths would you bring to light during the interview with Stephen? How would you distinguish yourself from the other candidates?
Punctuality is an integral part of making an impression in a job interview. A candidate looks professional if he arrives on time or before the time. It also shows that the candidate respects the time of the interviewer giving him a sense of importance. Seriousness towards the job is to be seen through the time keeping of the candidate. In the case of RSH interviews, Gerald Baum arrived fifteen minutes late for the meeting with Stephen which put a negative impact on Stephen and showed the lack of professionalism in the candidate. David Hughes arrived just on time as Stephen arrived, resulting in an impression of promptness made on the interviewer. Sonia Meetha was waiting for Stephen outside the place appointed for the meeting, resulting in a positive impact of the personality. Seth Horkum, the fourth candidate, arrived fifteen minutes earlier than Stephen, impressing the interviewer with his punctuality and professionalism.
If the candidate has a bad mouth for the current employer, an impression is put onto the interviewer that the employee will have a bad mouth for the future firm too. Hence, the candidates have to be careful about the choice of words and the way of expressing their disagreements with the current firm. Gerald Baum started the conversation with the description of his current firm's weaknesses. David Hughes was careful about his negativity for the current firm he was working with. Sonia Meetha had her way of explaining the differences of her current firm. Finally, Seth Horkum was the candidate who represented his position in an honest and most appropriate way. He wanted to grow and reach the top level which was only possible through this job at RSH. Stephen was impressed by Seth Horkum, as every interviewer would have.
During an interview, a candidate has to be as precise as possible, and should explain his potentials according to the requirements of the job. Gerald Baum had the expertise which Stephen required for the firm, but he also had some attitude problem which, Stephen thought, would be problematic for a team oriented company like RSH. David Hughes had an impressive record of stock picking and report writing, but it was known about him that he has some unhappy clients in the industry. Sonia Meetha was an ambitious and dedicated professional but lacked the expertise in the global semiconductor industry. Seth Horkum, on the other hand, seemed to be a perfect fit for the job as he had an impressive track record. Stephen observed a huge potential in him to be on the top of the list in the industry.
Evaluate the selection and hiring processes at Rubin, Stern, and Hertz. What changes, if any, do you recommend?
Rubin, Hertz and Stern has a strong research and development department due to which the company has its reputation in the market. Stephen Connor, the director of RSH, makes sure that the environment in the workplace stays as supportive as possible. The company has prominent sell side research analysts and other analysts for report writing. Every employee works in the form of groups and teamwork is the key to RSH success. Employee turnover is low to the extent that if any employee leaves his place for any reason, the system gets affected by the particular event. Hence, the hiring process of RSH is highly crucial for the smooth flow of operations in the company.
If any employee resigns from the job or there is a need for another candidate for a particular project, current employees are preferred to be selected if they acquire the particular capabilities. If there is no substitute and internal hiring take place then director arranges professional recruiters. There recruiters search the entire industry for suitable candidates. Once professional recruiters have found the selected candidates, resumes of those candidates are sent to the director. Director creates a pool of candidates in order to have a diversified view of them. Pre screening phase is completed by the director in which each candidate's history is closely monitored, and his/her current status in the industry is researched. Several resumes are accepted and rejected, likewise, in the prescreening phase of the hiring process. Director of the company is the main player in this whole process.
Selected candidates from the prescreening phase are called for an interview with the director. The director meets each individual separately. Interview starts with formal questions such as the reason of leaving current employer, expectation from the job, goals, ambitions etc. Frank discussions are also included in order to open up the candidates and know about their nature and behavior. The reason of some frank questions is that RSH is based on team work and supportive environment, and it needs people who think likewise and are able to work in the provided environment. Hence, formal questions combined with frank and random questions make up the complete interview of a candidate. The final selection is also done by the director who then appoints the selected candidate accordingly.
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Obituary of Addie Mae Maynard
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Mrs. Addie Mae Harmon Maynard, age 97, of Sugar Grove, passed peacefully Thursday evening, September l, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Born July 31, 1925 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Garnett and Maude Mast Harmon. After graduating from Cove Creek High School she worked as a waitress in Boone and Blowing Rock before relocating to Greensboro in her 20's. For many years, Addie was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Greensboro and retired after 30 years with AT&T. After living in Guilford County for 63 years, she returned to her beloved mountain home in Sugar Grove to live and spend her remaining years with her sisters and extended family. Addie loved her family immensely. She enjoyed spending time outdoors working and tending to her vegetable and flowers gardens. Mrs. Maynard is survived by her sister, Georgia Harmon Ward of Sugar Grove; nieces, Nancy Mixon (Clark) of Mountain City, Tennessee and Mary A. Trivette of Banner Elk; nephews, Michael J. Accetta of Butler, Tennessee, and Thomas 'Tom' Combs and Chris Harmon, both of Sugar Grove; great-nieces, Stephanie Trivette Platt (Josh) of Banner Elk and Opal Accetta of West Jefferson; great-nephews, Garrett Mixon (Meghan), of Vilas, Daniel Accetta of Butler, Tennessee and Brandon Trivette of Banner Elk. She is also survived by four special nieces, Parthenia Crabtree (Bobby), Jackie Cotronis (Norwood), Brenda Lewey (Robert) and Julia Hawkins (Terry); and many special friends, including Delores Garland. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Joseph Leslie Maynard; sisters, Mary Lee Combs and Ruby Harmon Accetta; and brother, William L. 'Bill' Harmon. Funeral services for Addie Maynard will be conducted Friday evening, September 9, 2022 at 6 o'clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Pastor Robert Williams. The body will lie in state at the chapel from 5 until 6 o'clock. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday afternoon, September 10, at 12:30 at Guilford Memorial Park in Greensboro, officiated by Rev. Junior Gossett. Flowers are appreciated or memorials may be made to Amorem Hospice, 902 Kirkwood Street, NW, Lenoir, NC 28645. The family extends a special 'THANK YOU' to caregiver, Lois Guy for her professional kindness, love and devotion shown to Addie during her last days. Online condolences may be shared at the website www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Maynard family.