Followup: KC man couldn't get Des Moines ice cream truck ban repealed

I've always believed that people from KC like to create change and stir up controversy even if their well laid plans aren't always successful. Sadly (or not), the promise of ice cream couldn't even convince the folks in Des Moines to let a local dude sell ice cream on their streets.

The Des Moines City Council voted 7-0 to direct the city manager’s office to take a broader look at various types of mobile food vending citywide.

The action was spurred by a request put forth last year by Lawrence Williams of Kansas City, Mo., to consider lifting a 40-year ban on ice cream trucks.

Additionally, it should be noted that the guy didn't do himself any favors by violating the ordinance first and then asking for it to be changed . . . A tactic he must have culled from Kansas City's vibrant and thriving (illegal) immigrant community . . . Nevertheless the guy wasn't successful and now Des Moines won't get to enjoy a KC tradition: Watching overweight kids run after ice cream trucks or casually pointing out how said trucks don't sell their sugary treats on the Eastside anymore after being knocked over too many times in much the same way that you can't get pizza delivered in East KC either.