According to radio, Montgomery County Councilwoman Duchy Trachtenberg was successful in her bid to have Montgomery County be the first in the nation to ban the use of trans fats in restaurants.
According her March press release, she’s a Health Professional, so I guess we can assume that she actually knows what a trans fat is and why it’s bad. Perhaps I’m skeptical, but I’m thinking the rest of the council doesn’t know anything about them aside from the fact that there’s no political risk in banning them.
No word is given on how this will help lower taxes, reduce traffic, improve schools, or anything else that the voters actually care about.