Request denied to slow Domino’s
SHELTON. Wash. (AP) — The City Commission
has rejected a request that it ban the 30-minute
delivery guarantee that has helped make Domino's
Pizza a national pizza power.
Jeff Farmer, who owns the local Domino's fran
chise and another in nearby Hoquiam. cited safety
concerns in his bid for a city statute to nullify the
delivery obligations in his contract with Ann
Arbor. Mich.-based Domino's.
“Give an 18-year-old driver a time limit and
nine times out of 10 he'll go an extra five miles
an hour," Farmer had said.
At Monday's meeting, the commissioners
praised Farmer for his concern, but said it would
lie inappropriate for the city to get involved in the
dispute.
Mayor Joyce laros. one of the three commission
ers, said a check with local law enforcement found
no significant complaints about the delivery pro
gram. though she suggested the Legislature might
want to take up the discussion.
Concerns about the delivery guarantee have
been raised previously, but Domino's spokesman
Tim McIntyre in Michigan said Farmer's bid for
city intervention was "unique in my experience."
Commissioner David Kneeland had been unon
thused about the request, saying, "It isn't our job
to legislate free enterprise."
Farmer said Domino's had advised him to
adhere to the provisions of his contract, including
the 30-minute delivery guarantee, or shut down.
McIntyre confirmed that.
Domino’s officials reject any link between traf
fic accidents and the guarantee. McIntyre said dri
vers are not liable for late deliveries, and that the
system-wide S3 rebate for pizzas delivered after
half an hour is considered a "cost of doing busi
ness." not a penalty for employees.
"We don't deny there have been accidents
involving Domino's Pizza drivers, but we don't
believe our 30-minute delivery guarantee is a
cause," McIntyre said.
In May. leaders of four consumer groups wrote
Domino's president, Tom Monaghan, and urged
him to drop the guarantee or follow the lead of a
franchise-holder in Spokane, whose outlet tries
to meet the half-hour timetable hut has dropped
the rebate
At least 250 lawsuits have been filed in Domi
no's-related traffic accidents, according to attorney
Kenneth Behrend of Pittsburgh with the Associa
tion of Trial lawyers of America.
Mobley thinking about governor bid
SALEM (AP) — The man who
made an independent bid for
governor and succeeded only in
dividing the Republican Party is
thinking about making a second
run for governor — as a Republi
can.
Al Mobley was blamed for
draining conservative votes
away from moderate Republican
Dave Frohnmayer in a three-way
raco in 1990 that resulted in the
election of Democrat Barbara
Roberts.
This time, Mobley would
compete with former congress
man Denny Smith of Salem for
conservative votes in the May
1994 primary.
Smith said his opposition to
anti-gay rights efforts by the Ore
gon Citizens Alliance might be
the reason Mobley is talking
about joining the race.
Mobley. 66, a retired engineer
who lives south of Dallas, is a
former official of the Oregon Cit
izens Alliance.
But Mobley denied that ho
was targeting Smith.
"There seems to bo a waffling
on particular issues." Mobley
said. “I'm not pointing at Denny
Smith. I'm pointing at the whole
Held of people who am thinking
about, or am in. the race."
Mobley said candidates have
failed to take a strong position
on the anti-gay rights initiatives
the OCA is sponsoring locally in
Oregon towns and counties after
voters rejected a statewide ini
tiative last year.
Mobley said he supported the
local initiatives, including seven
that passed Tuesday in Jackson
County and the cities of
Cruswoll. Estacada. Lebanon.
Medford. Molalla and Sweet
Home.
"I stand for no tax money to
promote homosexuality, no
teaching it in the schools and no
minority status for homosexual
behavior," Mobley said
Smith, however, said be
didn't see a need for the anti-gay
rights measure the OCA hopes
to place on the 1994 state ballot.
It has been dubbed “Son of 9”
after last year's Measure 9,
which Oregon voters defeated.
Lon Mahon, OCA chairman,
said the group did not solicit
Mobley's candidacy but wel
comed him as an alternative to
Smith.
"He definitely stands with us
on the issues," Mahon said.
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