April 23, 2012 – US Senator Scott Brown regularly mocks Cambridge, Harvard, and other perceived beacons of liberal elitism. Now, he’s taking on an arguably bigger bastion: Whole Foods.
Brown’s office mailed a letter to the righteous food chain today, criticizing it for its new policy selling only sustainable fish.
“I’m concerned that your decision has more to do with political correctness than with sound reasoning,” wrote Brown. “Aside from being based on uncertain science, this decision will hurt Massachusetts fishermen and their families at a time when they are already struggling to survive under onerous government regulations.”
Brown, a Republican, is in a tight reelection race against Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law School professor from Cambridge, the leading Democratic candidate. The senator has heavily courted the state’s fishing industry since he was elected in 2010.
Whole Foods told The New York Times, in a story published yesterday that “stewardship of the ocean is so important to our customers and to us.”
Read the full story at the Boston Globe.