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Article: Food fight brewing on snack bar closing: Operator of Capitol facility alleges unfairness, racism
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- June 29, 2004
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Controversy and dissatisfaction are brewing over the closing of a
hot food snack bar located in the west wing of the state Capitol.
Customers say they will miss the food, speedy service, reasonable
prices and personal touch.
Harold Bowles, 59, said he has overseen that snack bar for the
last three years along with another hot food bar located in the east
wing. As part of a training program with the Society for the Blind,
he also runs vending areas located in the Rotunda, Cultural Center
and Division of Motor Vehicles.
Bowles, whose vision is impaired by macular degeneration and
glaucoma, said he is being forced to close one hot food bar by the
Society for the Blind. The society is overseen ...