Posted on 04/26/2012 9:43:32 AM PDT by Abathar
CONCORD, Mass. -- Concord became the first town in the country to ban the sale of single-serving PET bottled water on Wednesday night, our news partner Wicked Local/Concord reported.
After close to two hours of debate, Warrant Article 32, the Drinking Water in Single-Serving PET Bottles Bylaw, narrowly passed by 39 votes during Wednesday’s session of Town Meeting.
The official teller count showed 403 voting in favor, and 364 opposed.
The bottled water bylaw passed at this year’s Town Meeting bans the sale of non-sparkling, unflavored drinking water in single-serving polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles of 1 liter (34 ounces) or less in Concord on or after Jan. 1, 2013.
Supporters say it's the most sweeping water bottle ban passed by any municipality in the nation and will cut down on pollution and limit exposure to toxic chemicals.
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Why stop with water? Shouldn’t they also be banning soda’s in 16 oz PET bottles?
Why stop with water? Shouldn’t they also be banning sodas in 16 oz PET bottles?
Yes!
Yes!!
Bring back the sexy little coka-cola glass bottles!
Nostalgic ain’t I? LOL
Will the Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola bottling companies take a second look at their name and go glass? Given the penchant for libs to foul their own nest, will the town be littered with broken glass as an unintended consequence?
Where can I get 35 ounce PET bottles by the caseload? Time to go Thoreau on them!!!
I bet soda sales double after this stupidity.
A couple yrs back there was a huge water main break nearby and they were discussing the bottle band at the time
I hope so.
The PET bottles are useless for Molotov cocktails...
Conservatives...get out of New England while you still can...
LOL. Or have a new flavor of “Coca Cola” that is made with water only. Or have a flavored water that has barely a hint of flavor.
LOL! (I think you are).
Have you ever tried to secure a cat with a tether of any kind? In my experience, it is a horrific scene. They try and kill themselves by repeatedly and more forcibly running away from the source of the tether. I don't know if a cat can snap it's own neck, but it is painful to watch them try. If you secure a leg.... after a long bout of trying to rip it from their bodies, they'll calmly begin to chew it off. And that's not funny either.
I'm not a cat person, but if you wanted to dispatch the feline, there are more human ways to do it than forcing it to commit suicide.
Is it ok to sell “water” flavored drinking water in these bottles?
Just asking.
No one should feel sorry for them. They elected these idiots and then voted on this (or failed to vote).
Concorde, Mass gets what the people wanted (or were apathetic about).
My little town, population 1,600, about 200 miles south of Chicago, has a cell phone tax of 11¢ per phone. I have 5 phones on my plan thus my "city" tax is 55¢ per month.
The grabber is, that one of those phones is for my mother who lives another 300 miles from here, in Missouri and in a different area code.
Why do they do this? Because they can.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those spirits dare,
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Drinking tap water, I guess.
Hard to believe this is the same place where the American Revolution truly started.
}:-)4
I have a feeling a whole lot of the silent majority are regretting not voting today...
This is New England town government. the population elects the seven hundred or so Town Meeting members. The Town Meeting members do the voting, not the population at large. It's a voice vote mostly. Sometimes that count heads. They never identify who voted which way. When Town Meeting members run for government, they usually write up a one paragraph bio on their education and work experience. Most say they want to make government more efficient. None of them ever say what is the basis of their politics. In short you just don't know how they will vote.
I have a feeling a whole lot of the silent majority are regretting not voting today...
This is New England town government. the population elects the seven hundred or so Town Meeting members. The Town Meeting members do the voting, not the population at large. It's a voice vote mostly. Sometimes that count heads. They never identify who voted which way. When Town Meeting members run for government, they usually write up a one paragraph bio on their education and work experience. Most say they want to make government more efficient. None of them ever say what is the basis of their politics. In short you just don't know how they will vote.
Concord is full of trust fund babies and snots who know better than the commoners.
I have a feeling a whole lot of the silent majority are regretting not voting today...
This is New England town government. the population elects the seven hundred or so Town Meeting members. The Town Meeting members do the voting, not the population at large. It's a voice vote mostly. Sometimes that count heads. They never identify who voted which way. When Town Meeting members run for government, they usually write up a one paragraph bio on their education and work experience. Most say they want to make government more efficient. None of them ever say what is the basis of their politics. In short you just don't know how they will vote.
Concord is full of trust fund babies and snots who know better than the commoners.
I have a feeling a whole lot of the silent majority are regretting not voting today...
This is New England town government. the population elects the seven hundred or so Town Meeting members. The Town Meeting members do the voting, not the population at large. It's a voice vote mostly. Sometimes that count heads. They never identify who voted which way. When Town Meeting members run for government, they usually write up a one paragraph bio on their education and work experience. Most say they want to make government more efficient. None of them ever say what is the basis of their politics. In short you just don't know how they will vote.
Concord is full of trust fund babies and snots who know better than the commoners.
I have a feeling a whole lot of the silent majority are regretting not voting today...
This is New England town government. the population elects the seven hundred or so Town Meeting members. The Town Meeting members do the voting, not the population at large. It's a voice vote mostly. Sometimes that count heads. They never identify who voted which way. When Town Meeting members run for government, they usually write up a one paragraph bio on their education and work experience. Most say they want to make government more efficient. None of them ever say what is the basis of their politics. In short you just don't know how they will vote.
Concord is full of trust fund babies and snots who know better than the commoners.
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