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Posted Jan 20, 2012 by William March
Updated Jan 20, 2012 at 01:38 PM
First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Tampa, Sarasota and Palm Beach Thursday, just as the Republican presidential primary race catches fire in Florida, to talk about healthy eating.
She will join Bob Unanue, president of Goya Foods, and other Latino organizations to promote their nationwide effort to encourage health and wellness, at National Supermarket at Armenia and Waters avenues Thursday morning.
Goya is the nation’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, according to the White House announcement.
They’ll be promoting Mi Plato, or My Plate, a U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative to help families make healthy meal choices.
Obama will then attend Democratic fundraisers in Sarasota and Palm Beach.
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Reader Comments
Por (mlemac) on January 21, 2012 (Suggest removal)
This trip next Thursday to Tampa by Michelle Obama is a taxpayer ripoff. We are paying the cost of the trip and Goya Foods gets some free advertising complements of the US taxpayers.
Then Michelle becomes a bag lady by visiting Sarasota and Palm Beach to collect campaign funds for her husband.
I think Goya Foods should pay for Michelle’s entire trip - not the taxpayers.
If not, I think everyone should boycott Goya Foods. In tough economic times we should not be wasting tax money on unnecessary advertising or political campaign expenses.
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