The hardworking staff has been a (mostly) proud resident of the People’s Republic of Brookline for a (mostly) good 45 years, so we were understandably drawn to this item in Steph Solis and Mike Deehan’s always informative Axios Boston yesterday.

It’s actually even more draconian than that, as Vivi Smilgius and Sam Mintz report in Brookline.News.

On Wednesday, the town’s legislative body approved a controversial by-law banning the sale of foie gras in restaurants as well as by individuals and stores in Brookline.

Article 20, which was proposed by four Brookline High School students from the BHS Warriors for Animal Rights club, subjects the sale of foie gras in Brookline to a $300 fine enforced by the town’s department of public health and human services, including through random inspections of restaurants and stores.

Supporters of the ban “say the force-feeding process by which foie gras is made is cruel for ducks and geese.” Then again, there are only four establishments in town that even carry the high-priced spread, “one of which — French restaurant La Voile — recently closed, citing the proposed ban as one of the factors in its decision.”

The town’s chopped liver reminded me of the swan song to my decade-long freelance dance with the Boston Globe some 25 years ago (see here and here and here for those of you keeping score at home).

But back to Brookline’s food fight. The town’s coup de foie gras joins multiple other municipal bans it has imposed – “a seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, and a ban on face surveillance technology. Additionally, Brookline prohibits the sale of tobacco to individuals born after January 1, 2000. There is also a ban on the retail sale of fur,” according to the Googletron.

The mink might not inherit the earth, but they’ve got Brookline wrapped up, yeah?