Donut Police Fired By Donut Barons

Caption: Huh?!

Dr. Jason Newsom returned home to Panama City, FL after serving as an Army doctor in Iraq to serve as the Director of the Bay County Health Department. Dr. Newsom undertook a public campaign to discourage Bay County residents from eating unhealthy foods by posting provocative slogans on an outdoor electronic sign.

His slogans included:

"Hamburger = Spare Tire"

"French Fries = Thunder Thighs"

But when the good doctor started to rail against doughnuts, the local doughnut barons took issue and demanded his resignation. One of the County Commissioners owned a diner and a donut shop and gave the good doctor an ultimatum: resign or get canned.

You see, the good doctor was bold enough to call out specific businesses by name with such slogans as:

"Dunkin' Donuts = Death"

"America Dies on Dunkin"

Unfortunately for Dr. Newsom, the local Dunkin' Donuts was owned by a couple of lawyers who had the ear of the doughnut shop owning County Commissioner.

"Let’s get this straight: I was fired. This talk about resignation, that was all politeness," Newsom said. "If your boss ever puts two pieces of paper in front of you, and one is a resignation letter, and one is a termination letter, and you’ve got two minutes to decide, you were fired."

"My method was a little provocative and controversial,'' he says, "but there wasn't a person in Bay County who wasn't talking about health and healthy eating."

Dr. Newsom has reapplied for his old job.

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