Ratszapoppin! An Update

According to an item in today's New York Daily News, Yum! Brands, the company that owns the Greenwich Village KFC/Taco Bell that had a "revolting rat parade" in its eatery last February, is closing that branch of their chain for good.

"We have closed that restaurant in Greenwich Village and it will not reopen," the News quotes Peter Hearl, CEO of Yum! Brands.

It's hard to see what other decision they could have made. After those nauseating images of rats parading around that restaurant were broadcast to the world, who in their right mind would ever eat there?

Speaking of rats, the Republican presidential candidates had their first snoozefest (which they miscalled a debate) last night. The best thing that can be said about it is that it was almost as boring as the Democratic debate.

Tom Moran