A Virginia lawmaker and groups of parents and students are hoping the Governor and First Lady keep their hands and noses out of their cookie jars. Delegate Richard Bell wants schools to be able to raise money through bake sales-or sales of other products that some call “junk food”-on school property. But that would remain prohibited if Governor McAuliffe vetoes a measure that may or may not compete with the First Lady's prominent focus on nutrition.
Recent federal rules stipulate that food sold during school hours must meet nutritional guidelines-effectively ending bake sales-unless a state carves out an exception. But Bell says while he wants to combat obesity...
“I don't think an occasional bake sale or a sale of donuts, or whatever... chocolate bars, is going to disrupt what has been put in place as far as nutritional food goes."
But the governor was put on the spot about his plans for the bill while First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe was ...right there.
"I'm with him and believe me I'll be talking to him about that one in particular, yea."
"She does have an opinion, but I think we should, for today, keep it all focused here."
Bell says many schools which need to support athletic and other programs raise a five-figure income from these sales. As for the governor... will the saying, "Happy wife, happy life" apply here?
