Hoping to encourage more Concord residents to drink tap water and reduce the number of plastic bottles piling up in landfills, Jean Hill has spent the last three years pushing for a ban on the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles.
Her efforts paid off Wednesday when Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office signed off on a bylaw that apparently makes Concord the first community in the nation to approve such a ban.
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blah...boo..hiss. Government overreach.
Absolute nonsense...one little old lady thinks it is quote, "a waste of money" so they ban a product that is safe and good for you and oh by the way LEGAL! Moon bats
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I pledge to eat, drink, and use only those products that my Federal, state and local governments approve for consumption. I am a model citizen. Batteries not included.
I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on television, but I will predict that if this goes to court it will be overturned. What's next? I saw a chewing gum wrapper on the ground outside the Kwiki-Mart, so let's ban that. The nanny state in full.
Hill said. “I feel bottled water is a waste of money.” Now there's a boost to the economy! HELLO???!!!!!
Move to NH!
LOOK OUT, CONCORD, HERE I COME...with a bottle in each hand and a bag full of them on my back, with more in the trunk of my car! Arrest me!
Next, Concord bans CO2 exhalations from human lungs, to meet terms of the Kyoto treaty.