The Battle Over Taco Trucks Continues

We previously have reported on skirmishes over taco trucks, which is an offshoot of the concern with immigration in many cities.  A Washington Post demonstrates that the battle over taco trucks continues unabated.  The dozens of mobile food truck vendors that had plied their trades along the waysides of Prince George’s County had mostly disappeared. Police said they issued up to 200 tickets over the past two months, after several weeks attempting to warn vendors that they were operating illegally did not dissuade them. But advocates for the vendors, most of whom are Hispanics, say they will not go quietly. Today, a lawyer plans to file suit against the county. Ivan Yacub, a lawyer in Falls Church who handles many immigration cases, said he would protest the county’s use of a section of the legal code that regulates commercial buses, trailers and trucks. By his reading of the statute, Yacub only commercial trucks parked overnight or on the weekends may be issued a ticket. Most of the vendors leave at the end of the day.

KJ