tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post1155036127004997294..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: News Bullets, "my own two hands" Tuesday;Dave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-88342535955016752732010-01-10T10:35:27.342-05:002010-01-10T10:35:27.342-05:00I don't like the bag tax at all. Since I live ...I don't like the bag tax at all. Since I live in MD and work in DC I have vowed not to buy anything in DC. Yes, I will still go to the bar and have my eyebrows tended to. But I won't be buying anything.<br /><br />Reusable bags get really dirty with nasty germs and you should constantly clean them with water and soap. So much for conservation.Cassandra Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908075441268622061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-31983655350095259722010-01-07T07:54:46.362-05:002010-01-07T07:54:46.362-05:00I have no idea why a bottle bill is racist but onc...I have no idea why a bottle bill is racist but once someone spun it that way (spin the bottle? get it? ahhh ha ha) apparently it died. This was all like 20 or more years ago. I can't imagine why nobody's tried to revive it again in the much different world today, instead of this stupid bag tax.<br /><br />Anyway, because of the new bag tax, I will be wasting about 20 gallons of water washing my my hemp-knit hippie bag every day. Because when you get an 8-piece fried chicken and fries at Eddie Leonards, you are going to end up with some mumbo sauce (not to mention some grease) outside the styrofoam box. It's just a fact of life. But there is no way in hell that I'm going to pay 5 cents for a bag that I can't return.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-84666605792721425972010-01-06T23:41:12.863-05:002010-01-06T23:41:12.863-05:00Why on earth is a bottle bill racist? And if DC re...Why on earth is a bottle bill racist? And if DC residents continue to elect Marion Barry, do they deserve statehood?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-83885847845551543152010-01-05T12:23:35.273-05:002010-01-05T12:23:35.273-05:00I never doubted the bag tax would reduce the numbe...I never doubted the bag tax would reduce the number of plastic bags handed out by supermarkets. The question is, will it reduce the amount of oil that we use to make bags, and will it reduce the number of plastic bags going into landfills? In Ireland, apparently, kitchen bag sales jumped 77% in the years following their bag ban.<br /><br />Finally, will it have any impact on all the trash in the anacostia? I'm guessing that the bag tax won't change <a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jdevine/media/looking%20toward%20colmar%20manor.jpg" rel="nofollow">this picture</a> very much, since it's mostly bottles and cans.<br /><br />I would have been 100% behind a bottle bill. But apparently the last time that was tried, it got killed basically because it was branded racist. Not sure why the bag tax, which is about as regressive a tax as one could imagine, is so much better. But a bottle bill would have a far more significant impact on trash and on the environment.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-26424090804887864332010-01-05T11:44:39.091-05:002010-01-05T11:44:39.091-05:00Comment ripped straight from the LNS forums:
&quo...Comment ripped straight from the LNS forums:<br /><br />"No one has mentioned the caliber of people at the event.Suits outnumbered tuxes, which for the most part, were all poly-blend rentals. A girl in front of me was voraciously chewing gum, like any extra on the set of Grease.I shouldn't have to breathe the same air as these people even if only while waiting in line to get in."Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371518847684951191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-67145591097262415712010-01-05T11:30:59.823-05:002010-01-05T11:30:59.823-05:00I don't think they were considering the new 5 ...I don't think they were considering the new 5 cent charge at the CVS on H and 4 Streets NW. At least it didn't look that way yesterday when I was in there. I did the economically proper thing to do and did not take a bag. <br /><br />I am proud to say that I never attended anything put on by LNS. Good riddance.<br /><br />Metro update: 7:45 am, 2 of 3 escalators down at L'Enfant Plaza, 7th and Maryland Entrance. The down one was the only one working. I can always use the walking unless I have runner's knee which causes walking down anything to be an ordeal, but others can't. Wake up, Metro.maryjanejeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215675089943869106noreply@blogger.com