[TheRealVille]

You may be a conservative Republican on other issues but this is not a conservative position. I would not oppose a local law against having pop and candy machines in schools but I think any conservative should oppose any state or federal law that would do so.

Local communities should make local decisions. When you voluntarily cede that authority to somebody or group of people who are located in a state capital or in Washington, the message that you send is that my neighbors and I are not smart, responsible, or trustworthy enough to make our own decisions on such matters so you, my state and federal governments must make them for us.

If you are willing to let the federal government dictate what kind of vending machines your local schools can install and what the school cooks must put on your child's tray, what power are you unwilling to give up to a big, centralized federal government?

Most local communities don't make healthy decisions when it comes to this though. Most EK communities must not be very smart then, because most have just the things you say they are smart enough to regulate. It looks like they need the state and federal help, by that analysis. Most have soda machines and junk candy machines, and junk food.