The industry is falling into a child-labor trap of its own making that will very likely come back to bite us hard. Why on earth, might you ask, would we give our opponents that kind of ammunition? We’ll take a run at that one.

And Scott Dolch, the President & CEO of the Connecticut Restaurant Association stops by the pod to discuss the status of critical scheduling and tip credit elmiation legislation that he is trying to fight off. With a month left to go in their session, Scott shares his take on how it all may play out.

We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.