The food truck business is heating up in Jersey City. Jose Ramos, owner of the Kitchen Cafe truck was recently spat at, had punches thrown at him, and had his cash register damaged by another food truck operator.
Jersey City law dictates that trucks can only stay in one spot for 20 to 40 minutes depending on the license they hold. Sometimes local retail stores call the police to have the law enforced – but at times, some food truck vendors call the police on their competition.
Ramos has owned a lunch truck for the last 10 years. “I pay my tax, I pay everything, I have my license,” he said. “I lived here for 15 years.” But Ramos hesitates to call the police on the other driver out of fear that all the trucks would be banned from Exchange Place. Banning the trucks from certain areas — they’re already prohibited at Journal Square — is one of many ideas the City Council is considering as it crafts a new itinerant license ordinance. [NJ.com]
Yeah, that sounds like a solution – ban the trucks from every high-volume area of Jersey City. Isn’t it time politicians came up with ideas that actually give people what they want.
What the NJ.com article does not mention is the aggressor in the altercation, who is the owner of Nick & Perry’s food truck. Abusive behavior like that should not be condoned. Sounds like a boycott of Nick & Perry’s truck is in order.
