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DC Restaurants Could Be Fined $800 For Giving Out Plastic Straws
Townhall ^ | Jun 27, 2019 | Timothy Meads

Posted on 06/27/2019 12:24:43 PM PDT by detective

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for...your straws?

Starting July 1, the nation's capital will officially be implementing arguably Draconian fines on restaurants and bar owners as D.C.'s government will be sending out the plastic Gestapo in full force to ensure that only biodegradable straws are handed out to customers. If you get caught handing out the newly ordained contraband so that your patrons can enjoy a vodka soda or a lemonade with ease, you better be ready to pay up some cold hard cash since you are contributing to pollution according to backers of the law.

Dcist.com reports that "starting on July 1, businesses can be fined $100 to $800 (or more) for failing to comply with the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment’s ban on plastic straws."

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TOPICS: Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bluezones; dc; envirowhackos; plasticstraws; urban
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To: Covenantor

In there with the father rapers and mother stompers


21 posted on 06/27/2019 12:49:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Covenantor

Imagine if John Gotti Sr. were still around and being warned by “Big Paulie” Castellano not to get involved in plastic straw trafficing.


22 posted on 06/27/2019 12:50:19 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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Straws are made from the stem of the wheat plant.
23 posted on 06/27/2019 12:58:35 PM PDT by deport
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To: BBQToadRibs

OUTFREAKINGSTANDING idea!!!!!


24 posted on 06/27/2019 1:01:00 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: detective

This is the kind of thing that destroys one’s confidence in the law. It is a law that criminalizes a non-crime.

The government loves to do this. You say “he” to a man. Your cat goes out for a walk on your grass. You’re arrested and you have a criminal record.


25 posted on 06/27/2019 1:03:15 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: deport

That could be more useful than the paper. I just remember the colorful paper straws that could be made.


26 posted on 06/27/2019 1:20:17 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: cnsmom
Sue under ADA laws. I often need a straw because I only have use of one hand.

No offense intended, but I only use one hand to drink. Am I missing something?

27 posted on 06/27/2019 1:30:17 PM PDT by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: detective

I’m going to start a cartel to sell these where they’re criminalized. I guess that would make me a plastic straw lord.


28 posted on 06/27/2019 1:32:46 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: detective

What about plastic drink cups, lids and coffee stirrers (you know, tiny plastic straws)? What about plastic forks? What about plastic water bottles?


29 posted on 06/27/2019 1:43:18 PM PDT by bgill
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To: I want the USA back

Straw laws shall be enforced but we can’t defend our borders and must not detain illegals.


30 posted on 06/27/2019 2:05:22 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: detective

Note to self:

Buy boxes of plastic straws.
Go to McDonalds.
Sit in a booth and sell them $1 each.


31 posted on 06/27/2019 2:07:35 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: LeoTDB69
Buy boxes of plastic straws. Go to McDonalds. Sit in a booth and sell them $1 each.

Sounds like a job for a homeless person. But then that would be work and it could be a problem for some people.

32 posted on 06/27/2019 2:15:42 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: detective

So if I walk into a restaurant I don’t like, I bring a few extra plastic straws and call the straw police. That’ll fix em!


33 posted on 06/27/2019 2:28:34 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: BenLurkin

Alice’s Restaurant. ...criminal hangout
;>)


34 posted on 06/27/2019 2:31:06 PM PDT by Covenantor (https://www. are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: seawolf101

“Sounds like a job for a homeless person.”

It’s not meant to be a job. More like a thumb in eye of a ridiculous law.


35 posted on 06/27/2019 2:31:57 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Impala64ssa

“Hey, goomba, there’s big money in da China White....plastic straws that is.”


36 posted on 06/27/2019 2:35:25 PM PDT by Covenantor (https://www. are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor; Gamecock; SaveFerris
"I'm a bootlegger, baby!"


37 posted on 06/27/2019 2:52:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL!


38 posted on 06/27/2019 2:55:32 PM PDT by Covenantor (https://www. are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: detective

39 posted on 06/27/2019 2:55:47 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: detective

How dare they mis identify a plastic straw. It’s a drink conveyance device. bigots.


40 posted on 06/27/2019 2:58:04 PM PDT by matt04
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