Entrepreneurs aim to thwart Haines City’s food truck ban

Haines City delayed a reading and potential vote on a proposed ordinance banning food trucks after a public interest law firm argued that the ban violates Florida law.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. February 7, 2024
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Lenora and Kim Crawford at their Touch of Philly mobile food trailer in Polk County.
Lenora and Kim Crawford at their Touch of Philly mobile food trailer in Polk County.
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When Lenora Crawford walked into a Haines City Commission meeting in mid-January, she expected to clear up any problems she had with a needed permit for her food truck, "A Touch of Philly."

And she expected to be heard.

 

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