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Felony Franks Gets National Attention

ABC has picked up the opening of Felony Franks as a national news story, complete with the almost comically fear-mongering headline “Do You Know Who You Are Getting Your Hot Dog From?” Despite that, both the news clip and the accompanying article paint a more or less positive picture of Jim Andrews’ hot dog stand: “”The biggest thing I’m trying to do, I’m trying to take the stigma off ex-offenders,” Andrews told ABC. “Society will not look at them as rehabilitated people, but will look at them as a felon for the rest of their life.” And his employees agree: “It’s the best thing that’s happened to me since I’ve been rehabilitated,” one told the cameras. “I couldn’t ask for more.” [ABCNews]

Felony Franks Gets National Attention