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What Did They Do to the Meat? I read with interest your comments about the Habit, the hamburger restaurant featured in the December 8 Reader (“Not In-N-Out,” Feast!). I agree with the author 100 percent about the meat — the hamburger patty has not much taste at all. I want you to know I
became a Habit fan over the last year or so, and the meat used to be much, much bet- ter. It had flavor. I don’t know what they’ve done. I’ve writ- ten a letter to the corporate office, and to the one in La Mesa about exactly what you wrote about: the flavor- less meat. They must have a new purveyor because I don’t really have any particular desire to go back. I’d say I’ve gone to the
Habit at least a dozen times in San Diego County and Encintas — Mission Valley, and all those. In the last few months it has changed in regards to the meat. Some- times a person thinks it’s just their taste buds, but the people I’ve gone with have felt the same way that you and I did. So, I appreciate your honesty in reporting that. Especially since it’s an
unbiased opinion and not just mine, or the two or three people I always go with to the Habit. I’m going to cut out this
article and send it to them. I’ll leave your name off, but I want them to know that me and my friends are not the only ones who noticed a change in the meat. I pre- sume they’re trying to save money or something, or they don’t know their purveyors are giving them a less-tasty, less-quality beef. Thank you, Mr. Hender- son. Appreciate it.
Louise via voicemail
Thumbs Down to Mayor Morrison Re: Neighborhood News, “Fight Against Puppy Mills Grinds On,” December 8 I would like to commend
you for putting this impor- tant story in the news, espe- cially now that it’s Christmas- time and people are going to be selling puppies all over the city at Walmart, swap meets and, of course, puppy stores. Hats off to the Southern Cali- fornia Companion Animal Defenders for getting in front of these puppy mill stores and protesting. Dogs are being put to sleep
so often at the county animal shelters. In San Diego in par- ticular there are a lot of dogs coming in from Mexico and other states. One statistic that I heard is that a healthy dog is put to sleep in America every three minutes. It’s a very seri- ous problem. On that note, I’d like to give
a thumbs down to National City mayor Ron Morrison who condones these puppy stores in his community. He’s either unaware or uncon- cerned with the millions of
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