The Looney Left Report
The latest in "nanny state" proposals to come out of the People's Republic of California targets plastic straws. I kid you not!
While I agree that plastic straw usage should be limited (what's wrong with going back to bio-degradable paper straws?), but to fine or jail someone over them is going way overboard. Why not have a positive incentive (such as a tax break) instead?
According to the Redlands Patch:
CALIFORNIA -- A Los Angeles-area Assemblyman is proposing a bill that would reduce the use of plastic straws because of its "detrimental effects" on the environment. Anyone who violates the proposed law could get fined or be thrown in jail.
Majority Leader Ian Calderon (D-Whittier) introduced a bill that would only allow restaurants to offer straws to dine-in customers if they ask for them. Assembly Bill 1884 would fine violators between $25 to $1,000. They could also be found guilty of a misdemeanor and be given a county jail sentence of less than six months.
It is these kinds of wacko proposals by the left-wing of the Democrat Party that is giving California a bad reputation.
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