The Weekly DownLloyd: Lots of food stories

As the producer of Mac & Gaydos this is my own unique, weird, wacky and, at times, warped look at the week's seven biggest stories.

BY LLOYD BANKS

Feb 28, 2014, 3:00 AM Updated: 5:44 pm

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As the producer of Mac & Gaydos this is my own unique, weird, wacky and, at times, warped look at the week’s seven biggest stories.

All sorts of food stories this week are on the podcast. Unfortunately, if you only read what I write here, you’re only going to hear one of them.

What’s with the whole zero-waste movement? First the Waste Management Open tried this a few weeks ago, then an ASU vs. U of A basketball game, now the D-backs are hopping on board the no-trash train for a Spring Training game.

I can’t believe EVERYTHING at the game can be recycled or composted. If recycling were made easier for people, though, I believe they’d do more of it. Again, as Mac and Gaydos so astutely pointed out, vomit cannot be recyclable or compostable, so where’s that going?

There’s a new movement afoot to write really snazzy headlines and then lousy articles. Heck, this podcast might have done that a time or two. Today I saw the headline “Bill allows Arizona cities to ignore federal rules.” The first thought that ran through my mind was, “Wow, Arizona’s challenging the feds. This is so cool.”

No, it’s not. Turns out this bill only allows cities and towns the right to go on federal land during emergencies without first being granted permission. Great headline, not such a fun story though. Oh well, least I read the whole story. I bet most people abandoned it after the first sentence — where they got the gist of the story.

Homeland security has a tough job. Keeping millions of Americans safe is no easy task. They recently awarded a big contract for border security towers down along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.

Is this necessary though? And will it really do much good? To me, it’d be a lot easier to simplify the legalization process and at the same time work with other countries to incentivize their citizens to stay put. The virtual fence didn’t work. A big wall is too expensive. I just see these towers not working out so well, too.

For the rest of the Weekly DownLloyd stories, click the speaker at the top of this story and enjoy the entire countdown in audio form.