AG Paxton in Texas recently sued several Texas cities over city wide bag bans, siting that it is in violation of the Texas State Constitution. He won and got to send out letters to the cities telling them the good news. Even citizens in hard core liberal Austin have been seen with grins on their faces upon noting the return of the lowly plastic shopping bag.
Austin suffered under the bag ban for 5 years, which in places like grocery stores, is no small thing. For those of us in possession of common sense, it was a huge collective sigh of relief to have it lifted. Most people are not fond of Leftist control.
Before the bag ban took effect, I did often carry a string bag for purchases, but after the ban, I left the thing at home because it felt like I was capitulating to a communist regime to be seen with it. It was more of a matter of principal to me than anything else. It is also nice to have disposable plastic bags to put raw meat in again and keep germs contained.
Exactly. We use plastic grocery store bags for everything. We’d have to buy them if we didn’t get them for free.
BTW, Speaking of the “principle”, my wife and I were avid users of seat belts. When it became the law, we stopped wearing them for about five years. It may not have been a smart thing to do, but again, the principle of the thing.