When voters in the District examine their election ballot, they will see just one single initiative on it — that, if passed, directly becomes law. D.C.’s Initiative 86 is aimed at banning a pricy and controversial luxury food most people have never tasted. It’s called foie gras and it is the fattened liver from a force-fed goose or duck.
If passed, Initiative 86 would put D.C. among the ranks of California and individual cities including Portland and New York City.
The controversial luxury food is regularly on the menu at Butterworth’s on Capitol Hill. The restaurant is holding a fundraiser to pay for the legal defense against the initiative…