Officially Tangy
If a N.C. House committee gets its way, the Lexington Barbecue Festival will be "the official food festival" of North Carolina.
This bill passed the House state government committee unanimously Wednesday morning after a bit of diplomacy so as not to aggravate those folks in the vinegary east of the state.
The bill had originally declared the event "the official barbecue festival" of the North Carolina. The sponsors changed the name so as to avoid the appearance that the legislature was endorsing one BBQ style over another.
"We didn't want to get into a battle over whose barbecue is best," said Rep. Hugh Holliman, a Democrat from Lexington. A Senate version of the bill hasn't gotten the once over yet, but the House bill should head to the floor Thursday or next week.
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