Pinks Hot Dogs Los Angeles: Powder Blue Tuxedo Boys

Writes Tim McGraw:

Pinks Hot Dogs, Hollywood, California

The Powder Blue Tuxedo Boys are at the Frolic Room on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. It’s a beautiful April afternoon of sunshine, puffy clouds, and clean air.

The boys are in their usual booth in the back of the bar.

Patrick: Eddie, we’re hungry. Can you order us some Pinks dog dogs for delivery?

Eddie: Yeah, but the prices have gone up.

Timothy: What? What do you mean?

Eddie: On April Fool’s Day, Governor Newsom signed a bill making it mandatory that all fast-food workers earn $20/hour.

Patrick: I didn’t get that kinda money at KFC in Nebraska.

Timothy: You were ahead of your time.

Patrick: So how much are the chili dogs, Eddie?

Eddie: With delivery and tip, it’s about $20 for a dog.

Timothy and Patrick look at each other.

Timothy and Patrick say in unison: This will not stand!

Eddie: So, you’re gonna buy the Pinks hot dog stand?

Timothy: Did you use the word “buy”?

Patrick: What a disgusting word.

Timothy: We have other means.

Patrick makes a quick call to Governor Newsom’s office in Sacramento.

Patrick: This is Patrick of the Powder Blue Tuxedo Boys. Please put the governor on the line.

Newsom: Hi Patrick! Good to hear from you.

Timothy chimes in on the speakerphone: I bet.

Newsom: What can I do for you?

Patrick: Pinks hot dogs in LA is charging $20 for a chili dog. We heard that Panera doesn’t have to pay their employees $20/hour because the owner of Panera gave you a campaign contribution.

Timothy: A bribe!

Newsom: It was just business.

Patrick: So this is business, too. We still have the videos of you and your campaign manager’s wife doing the hootchie-kootchie.

Timothy: We want you to give Pinks the same exemption from the $20/hour law you gave Panera.

Newsom: Consider it done.

Click.

Eddie: I’m impressed.

Patrick: The best part is that we don’t have the videotapes.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.