CALIFORNIA: No more excuses: Get reports online - (Marin Independent Journal)
March 12, 2008 – 8:11 pmMarin officials, according to this editorial, need to stop making excuses and start posting the results of restaurant inspections by health inspectors on the county’s Web site.
The county first predicted the information would be available online in spring 2006. Two years and more unfulfilled promises later, Marin still lags behind all neighboring counties.
Marin residents love to dine out and they deserve to know which restaurants are repeat offenders, as documented in the IJ stories in Sunday’s paper.
Twice each year, county health inspectors visit all 1,455 places that serve food. That includes restaurants, cafes, outdoor vendors and retail stores. If violations are found, inspectors keep going back until the problem is resolved.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.marinij.com/editorial/ci_8542253
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