Bag Ban Workshop Scheduled for Tonight
The Bristol Town Council is scheduled to meet at 6:30 pm at Town Hall.
About a month after Bristol Town Councilman Timothy Sweeney proposed the idea, the council is scheduled to hold a workshop tonight to discuss a plastic bag ban at local stores. Sweeney brought up the idea at the council's Jan. 23 session, and local residents seemed to be split over the idea — with one group saying the ban would protect wildlife and another arguing that a ban amounts to unwanted government control over businesses. According to the agenda posted for tonight's meeting, Channing Jones of Environment RI — who also proposed the idea in Warren last year — is scheduled to speak on the issue. Town Solicitor Michael A. Ursillo is also expected to discuss the Barrington ordinance which Bristol may use as a model. A copy of the …
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Bill Nelson
4:07 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Then let the statewide ban do it's thing and let the council deal with the real town issues. This is a complete waste of time and effort. And by the way, people shop in MA too (especially since taxes are lower there) and they will import said plastic bags from there. Maybe you should encourage recycling instead of moving on to bans. It's weak minded people that simply scream "if it's bad we must … more ›