We Saved The Bag!

Today was the day!  Whew!  It's all over.  The County Council voted 7-0 to accept the ESB's recommendation to "take no action" on the plastic bag ban and tax.  I am thankful that this is over!

Stay tuned for my next project on government accountability.

For now, thank you for all of the support on this issue.  I could not have done this alone!

Plastic Bags At the County Council on Friday August 14, 2015

Hey all you BAG PEOPLE out there! 

Here it is!  The day we've all been waiting for, for months.  The County Council will hear the plastic bag discussion on Friday, August 14, 2015, at NOON ( yes that is 12 PM -- in the middle of the day).  That is FIVE days from today, as I write this.

Things to remember:

1.  Los Alamos does not want a plastic bag ban and tax.  We'd like to choose for ourselves how we carry home our stuff.

2.  The Environmental Sustainability Board has voted, TWICE now, to "Take No Action" on this issue.

3.  Even the Sierra Club admits they have lost.  So let's just let this issue go away -- like a dandylion puff in the breeze, or in other words, without much fuss.

4.  The Rs on our Council: Councilors Chrobocsinski, Reiss, and Girrens have made their positions clear, that this is, and always has been a waste of time and resources, and that it is government overreach.

5.  The Ds on our Council: Councilors Henderson, Israelevitz, O'Leary, and Sheehey, voted to keep this issue going in April.  I hope they have changed their minds since.