Opinion

Councilman, heal thyself

Queens City Councilman Leroy Comrie — who obviously hasn’t missed many Happy Meals lately — yesterday introduced a bill that would make it illegal for fast-food joints to offer prizes in most meal packages.

Hamburglar Comrie wants to filch the toys from any meals containing more than 500 calories — or anything that even comes with a Coke.

The bill calls toys “incentive items aimed at children” — a formulation meant to make it sound like the Golden Arches are peddling dope to kids.

But before he goes banning anything, we’d like a look at his own Happy Meal toy collection.

Comrie — basically a 300-pounder with cheese — says the ban would protect kids from salty, fatty foods and “impact their eating habits for life.”

His bill isn’t likely to advance in the council, but he hopes the attention will help push McDonald’s to rework its menu in what he terms a healthier direction — as if that’s any of his business.

But for better or worse, McDonald’s meat and potatoes are just that: burgers and fries, not apple slices and celery sticks. And if there were a demand for such things, some smart Ray Kroc type long ago would have met it.

The city tried killing appetites by displaying calorie counts in fast-food joints — but they get completely ignored.

So the next plan of attack appears to be eliminating food not sanctioned by the Queens councilman and Mayor Bloomberg — a man who butters and salts his crackers.

Comrie needs to resolve his own weight issues before he starts dictating how others eat.

And a little more minding-one’s-own-business right across the board would do New York City a world of good.