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Friday, March 29
Fran Spielman reports on Alderman Edward M. Burke's musing aloud yesterday on how Chicago might ultimately regulate the sort of oil in which restaurants can fry their food. First, though, he wants to tackle sales of carbon monoxide-treated meat. Meantime, a sidebar accompanying the article reads like something out of The Onion. Pick your favorite Ridiculous Nanny State Proposal To Come Out of the City Council! Requiring diapers on horses pulling carriages may be mine.