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Opinion: Paper, Plastic, or Neither?

Feb 15th 2010 – 5:00AM
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(Feb. 15) -- This year, grocery shoppers in the District of Columbia -- which has a poverty rate that surpasses 19 percent and an unemployment rate that approaches 12 percent -- found themselves faced with a new tax: 5 cents on every plastic or paper bag they carry out of the store. The District Department of the...

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  • 02/03/12 Merchants to March on Main with Bagged Heads Source: Sarasota Patch - Sarasota FL Grocery-bag covered merchants are planning a Main Street march to City Hall Monday to convince the City Commission to bag those electronic pay meters on Main Street.
  • 02/15/11 St. Louis Native Seeks to Sack the Competition at... Source: St. Louis Small Business Monthly - St. Louis MO Having out-bagged all comers at the state level, Hall is set to compete against professional grocery baggers from 21 states in hopes of toting home a $10,000 cash prize and a guest spot on the Late Show with David Letterman .
  • 11/24/10 Happy Thanksgiving to all! Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA The Harvard Exit lobby, because it's one of the nicest living rooms in town, and the popcorn always smells great. --
  • 10/29/10 Phoenix area schools abandon Halloween parties Source: azcentral.com Lyn Geake, principal of Hidden Hills Elementary in Phoenix, remembers what classrooms were like when she began teaching 32 years ago.
  • 09/29/10 Essexville Kroger courtesy clerk wins district bagging... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI An Essexville Kroger courtesy clerk now has the credentials to speak for his grocery-bagging skills.

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