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| Santa Barbara Authorizes Jail Time for Handing Out Straws |
| 2018-07-26 |
| h/t Instapundit The city of Santa Barbara has passed an ordinance that will allow restaurant employees to be punished with up to six months of jail time or a $1,000 fine for giving plastic straws to their customers. The bill was passed unanimously last Tuesday, and covers bars, restaurants, and other food-service businesses. Establishments will still be allowed to hand out plastic stirrers, but only if customers request them. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #12 BYOS |
| Posted by: bbrewer126 2018-07-26 21:41 |
| #11 If they can charge for them, why can't they bundle that charge into the price of the drink. Then lessen the price of the drink by the same amount... and thrown out of court with a possible counter-suit for harrassment. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-07-26 16:24 |
| #10 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-26 16:10 |
| #9 Charge a penny each, that way they are not giving them. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-07-26 16:08 |
| #8 Why don't these lefties clean up the roadways C'mon JQC, you really expect lefties to actually work? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-07-26 15:01 |
| #7 But hypodermic needles are still given away free by the city right? Shhhhhh!!! Don't tell them! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-07-26 13:06 |
| #6 But hypodermic needles are still given away free by the city right? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-07-26 09:23 |
| #5 The Nanny State strikes again. There goal is to be as annoying as possible. I looked at a website talking about this issue. Some of the photos of wildlife look staged although I couldn't prove it. Here. There's plenty of garbage tossed along roadways that doesn't get addressed. Why don't these lefties clean up the roadways instead of complaining about straws? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-07-26 09:14 |
| #4 3dc, IIRC, the law also bans paper straws. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-07-26 09:04 |
| #3 Sic a dog on a dog. File an ADA complaint against the city. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-26 07:41 |
| #2 Funny thing os that I read most of the plastics (including straws) in the Pacific Ocean actually came from the Asians countries. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-07-26 06:43 |
| #1 Enjoy that root beer float or a asian Boba drink with a paper straw. I doubt it works. The Boba drink stands could make a charge of racism stand against those greens. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-07-26 05:51 |