Dana Mathewson

File this along with the "tax on meat" article I recently sent. From Urgent Agenda:

MAJOR SOCIAL ADVANCE – FROM REASON: Ian Calderon wants restaurateurs to think long and hard before giving you a straw. Calderon, the Democratic majority leader in California's lower house, has introduced a bill to stop sit-down restaurants from offering customers straws with their beverages unless they specifically request one. Under Calderon's law, a waiter who serves a drink with an unrequested straw in it would face up to 6 months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. "We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans," Calderon explained in a press release. This isn't just Calderon's crusade. The California cities of San Luis Obispo and Davis both passed straws-on-request laws last year, and Manhattan Beach maintains a prohibition on all disposable plastics. And up in Seattle, food service businesses won't be allowed to offer plastic straws or utensils as of July. Forget nuclear proliferation. This is the real challenge.

Now I'll boast: Martha and I have an "understanding" with the bartenders at our favorite T.G.I. Friday's that they don't even bother to serve us water.

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