I’m sure most of you have heard some variant of the phrase, “nobody wants to see how the sausage gets made,” which refers to the often messy procedures behind getting things done in, say, business or politics. But it’s also a literal truth that most of us don’t want to see how sausage gets made, and that goes double if the person making it cuts corners and develops a wildly aggressive attitude to any kind of government oversight.

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Sources:

LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-18-mn-38382-story.html

SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/news/baycitynews/article/sausage-king-guilty-of-killing-3-meat-2641380.php

https://www.sfgate.com/news/baycitynews/article/girlfriend-says-sausage-king-wanted-to-grind-up-2758522.php

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/oakland-sausage-factory-secretary-tells-of-fear-2721223.php

East Bay Times: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/06/10/survivor-recalls-shooting-spree-in-sausage-factory/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/04/29/ex-meat-inspector-describes-factory/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/05/21/linguisa-not-safe-to-eat-expert-says/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160527100913/http://www.mindfully.org/Food/sausage-king.htm

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