Thankfully, it did not include banning plastic straws, which if it did would've caused issues for people with disabilities who rely on them like my Papa because frankly, there's no decent alternatives out there yet.
I don't think that's something a city council should have authority on. Part of me wonders if congress could ban plastic bags. By which power? Interstate commerce?
They are the dumbest city council in America if they think this is a good idea.
San Diego banned plastic bags and the homeless people lost their toilets. This resulted in a massive hepatitis outbreak where they had to bleach the streets.
They're honestly the dumbest. They were the ones who helped to make the hellish ART project on Central Avenue a reality. And the councilor from the Downtown area used money set aside for his district to buy a Portland Loo. I'm not kidding. (krqe.com) (Funny enough, he's not installed it yet)
Ha.
"We have a really big crime rate anyway. I don't see it going up more than it already is just because we put in a toilet," Amber Helvey of Albuquerque added.
Weird that they are recycling San Diego's bad ideas.
I'd wonder if they really have the authority to do that, too. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for businesses themselves deciding to switch to more environment-friendly alternatives to petroleum-made plastics such as biodegradable plastics. However, I'm really not sure if a city can tell businesses to do that or not. We'll probably only know if a court gets in and decides whether governments can have this kind of authority.
Right, especially because it's an environmental issue. It's not like they are the EPA. Isn't there a congressional bill that authorizes the EPA to exist? It's not like congress also authorized random city councils.
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