Hundreds of tacos sent to Connecticut mayor

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/us/connecticut-east-haven-tacos/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

East Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- Two days after a Connecticut mayor delivered an errant comment about eating tacos to support East Haven Latinos, some of whom are the alleged victims of police mistreatment, Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. apparently got his wish.

Some 500 tacos were delivered to his office Thursday after a Latino activist group called Junta for Progressive Action launched a text-for-tacos campaign to draw attention to the comment, which Maturo later apologized for.

That set off the activist group, a local branch of the Reform Immigration for America organization, which said that any time someone texts the word "taco" to 69866, it will deliver a taco to the mayor on their behalf.

They've received more than 2,600 texts, the group said in a statement Thursday.

Still, some 500 tacos were placed inside his office; the rest are already being rerouted to local food-assistance outlets.

[KamaAina]

1. Guess what I'm having for dinner tonight???

Seriesly. No, I'm not going to the Downtown Soup Kitchen in New Haven, where it's Taco Night courtesy of Mayor Bigotface, but I do have some mini-tacos in the freezer, and I need a quick dinner 'cause I have a meeting after work. So it's Mini-Taco Solidarity Night for me!

[The Straight Story]

2. I'm going to have a taco after dinner