Greetings Ward 1 Neighbors: This week the Mayor's Office of Community Relations (MOCRS) will be conducting a Fix-It on Wednesday January 6th, 2010 at the...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 7:33 pm
Actually the number of bags used increased not decreased in Ireland as a result of the tax. During lunch I was going to buy a new $500 jacket at Macys. But...
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Elaine Clisham
eclisham
Jan 4, 2010 7:33 pm
Huh. You must use a different Google than I do. What I could find says that a) Ireland saw a 90% (94% according to one report) decrease in the use of plastic...
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jeffndc
Jan 4, 2010 7:29 pm
But the overall number of bags decreased... that is the point; reusing them is part of the solution so they don't end up in the storm drains and the tress and...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 7:27 pm
Once again you are missing the point. You use the Ireland example except you fail to mention that later studies show that bag use increased not decreased. ...
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Wendy A.
wendyalexandra
Jan 4, 2010 7:25 pm
Right on Will. Yet another attempt by DC government to try and do the right thing by "being green" yet can't somehow control the fraud that came out from the...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 7:22 pm
"Ireland's bag tax caused use of plastic shopping bags to decline by more than 90 percent. What bag-tax proponents conveniently fail to mention is that the...
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Zach Teutsch
zteutsch
Jan 4, 2010 7:20 pm
As Anya said, this seems like a very reasonable policy to curtail waste. Presumably people will adapt to the change by using more reusable bags as has been the...
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jeffndc
Jan 4, 2010 7:17 pm
What I found on Google supports the effectiveness: In China, plastic bag litter is know as white pollution. The country used about 3 billion plastic bags each...
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Henock Gebreamlak
hgebreamlak
Jan 4, 2010 7:16 pm
Pros: Each of us will be directly contributing by damping less and less of the plastic bags into the sidewalks and rivers. The 5 cent per bag tax is supposed...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 7:12 pm
I could probably conduct a study funded by some chemical company that would show that plastic bags are good for the environment. So one study from a group...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 7:10 pm
The problem with your assumption is that I am not already having to go into Maryland to purchase things that are simply cheaper in Maryland (or not available)...
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anya schoolman
solarcoop
Jan 4, 2010 7:09 pm
After careful analysis of the trash in the Anacostia river, scientists determined that plastic bags were one of the largest if not THE largest sources of...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 7:08 pm
I think you can use Google to find what you are looking for but the two most common examples are San Francisco and Ireland. Both of their bag taxes had the...
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Elaine Clisham
eclisham
Jan 4, 2010 7:03 pm
Would you be good enough to source your assertion that bag taxes don't do what they're intended to do? I'd love to see some hard analysis on that. Many thanks....
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T. Neil Sroka
neilsroka
Jan 4, 2010 7:00 pm
Ummm... the citizens of Columbia Heights can vote for their representative on the City Council, right? And, That council then voted in favor of the Bag Tax,...
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Joel
dc_gay_man
Jan 4, 2010 6:54 pm
The process of tax collection for bag use is administratively weird. As I understand the rule, the vendor must 'register' the amount of bags purchased so that...
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Zach Teutsch
zteutsch
Jan 4, 2010 6:51 pm
How much do you estimate your time is worth per hour, Will? Let's assume that a trip to safeway is 4 miles and 20 minutes per direction. - This trip uses 1/6...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 6:49 pm
You are all missing the point. We were taxed without a vote. This should have gone to people for a vote in the next election. Instead a City Council with a...
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Pete Witte
pwitte7
Jan 4, 2010 6:41 pm
Somehow I find it far-fetched that your case is usual. Ridiculously far-fetched. And even if there are a fair number of people acting as ...
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Eric Maag
emaag
Jan 4, 2010 6:37 pm
I gotta agree w/Scott, the intention is to reduce pollution and your approach of driving your car is certainly more taxing on the environment than shelling out...
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Elaine Clisham
eclisham
Jan 4, 2010 6:33 pm
Philosophical question: There are several large negative externalities associated with plastic bags, which I assume the bag tax is intended to internalize at...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 6:29 pm
That's missing the point. We had a tax and lifestyle change forced upon us without a proper citizen vote. A better solution would be to vote with our wallets...
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Scott Baumgartner
seb200385
Jan 4, 2010 6:26 pm
Or, you could get the free reusable bags at Giant, and use them at Target too, and save yourself 5 cents per use. I'm sure that carrying those bags to the...
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Will Collins
collinsw123
Jan 4, 2010 6:19 pm
I discovered something interesting this weekend while shopping at Target: I now will spend less resulting in less taxes collected by the city for my ...
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Teresa Crawford
crawte00
Jan 4, 2010 4:32 pm
Hi folks - As most parents of 3 and 4 year olds I am sure know the online enrollment period for DCPS is fast approaching on January 28th. All kids who would...
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SYLVIA ROBINSON
ecac_board
Jan 4, 2010 2:08 pm
Greetings, For the past two summers, the Emergence Community Arts Collective at 733 Euclid St. NW has conducted the Children's Summer Heritage Project...
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domkucafe
Jan 3, 2010 8:01 pm
Please note that Domku Bar & Cafe is taking a short winter break between Jan 4-7. We will reopen for business Jan. 8, 2010 at 10am. Happy New Year!...
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theintowner
Jan 2, 2010 9:56 pm
As we previously advised, the Selected Street Crimes feature is no longer included in the print edition but instead is available exclusively on our website by...
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Jim Graham
grahamwone2000
Jan 1, 2010 2:18 pm
Dear Friends, As we start this new, fresh year of 2010, there are a lot of changes that matter. But we pause to welcome our new Third District Police...
