Alderman objects to crime-themed hot dog stand

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Story Created: Apr 25, 2009 at 8:12 AM EDT

Story Updated: Apr 25, 2009 at 8:12 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago alderman says he doesn't mind that a businessman plans to open a hot dog stand in his ward and hire former convicts to work there, but he does object to the stand's crime-linked theme.

Alderman Bob Fioretti (fee-yore-ET'-ee) said Friday his Second Ward on the city's West Side has major crime problems, so he thinks the stand's name, Felony Franks, is simply not in good taste.

Fioretti also objected to several slogans, including: "Food so good, it's criminal," and "Home of the misdemeanor wiener."

Stand owner Jim Andrews, though, says he thinks the tongue-in-cheek name and a menu that features such items as "burglar beef" and "chain gang chili dog" will help to erase some of the stigma that being a former convict carries.

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Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/index

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