No Pullman Plastic Bag Tax

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   Name: Dwayne S. Dehlbom on Aug 1, 2008

   Comments: Another tax we don't need, nor should have.

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   Name: Kevin J. Marker on Aug 2, 2008

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   Name: Tom Forbes on Aug 4, 2008

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   Name: Mike Devich on Aug 4, 2008

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   Name: Todd Bailey on Aug 4, 2008

   Comments: Lets grow Pullman!!! We don't need another reason to shop some where else and burn more fuel to do so.

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   Name: Jim Heimbigner on Aug 4, 2008

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   Name: Kathleen Bailey on Aug 4, 2008

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   Name: Anonymous on Aug 4, 2008

   Comments: 20 cent charge per plastic bag will ensure that I do not grocery shop in Pullman! When I grocery shop for my family I frequently use between 10-20 bags for $300 in purchases. Now you want me to pay a several dollar surcharge for the bags themselves every time I shop Nope, not gonna do it. Yes I could buy a large number of reusable canvas type bags (at extensive cost!), but I do reuse and recycle those plastic bags now. My plastic grocery bags come home and are used again and again. They are used as litter bags in my car, they are used to carry wet swimsuits and towels after the pool, they are used to line the small trash can in my bathroom, and they are used to hold poop when I take my dogs for a walk around the neighborhood. Now you say you want to encourage the use of paper bags (by making them exempt of the tax) but paper bags WILL NOT WORK for any of the uses I have outlined above because they all involved WET items that will soak through the paper. So again, if you want to make sure I do not grocery shop in Pullman, feel free to pass this bag tax. My money will be more than welcome in Moscow and I can come home and recycle my plastic bags.

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   Name: Lauri Sue Torkelson on Aug 4, 2008

   Comments: If I wanted to live in Seattle, I would live in Seattle. Pullman does not need all this silliness!!

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    Name: Spencer Swapp on Aug 4, 2008

    Comments: Will hurt Pullman economy.

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 4, 2008

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    Name: Lauren Erickson on Aug 4, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 4, 2008

    Comments: I will take all my shopping to other towns....I'm tired of these people dictating how I spend my money...Pullman already hurts for economy....

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    Name: Delisa Lindstrom on Aug 4, 2008

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    Name: Daniel Schanze on Aug 4, 2008

    Comments: These "1986" policies have to stop here in Washington. As a working individual, this 20 cent tax would hinder my ability to put food in my mouth; that's wrong.

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    Name: Richard S. Van Ness on Aug 5, 2008

    Comments: I adamately oppose this tax on plastic shopping bags. The city of Pullman wishes to keep retail spending dollars in Pullman. Why would the city council even consider such a tax. It will only drive more of our precious retail dollars across the state line. As for recyling, I use the bags over and over again to carry goods back and forth to work, as trash bags in my vehicles and my RV, as pooper scoopers when I walk my dog, when cleaning out the litter box. The list can go on as to the many uses for the bags before they have too many holes and have to be truly recycled at the recycling center. And if that doesn't make the people who propose a bag tax happy, have them pursue efforts to have the grocery stores collect bags for reuse when bagging groceries.

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    Name: Alene Bishop on Aug 5, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 5, 2008

    Comments: Just another way for the state /gov. to get our tax dollars to spend on some other pork belly project which we don't need.

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    Name: Jeremy Nickels on Aug 5, 2008

    Comments: If you implement this tax, you're going to take the few remaining shoppers in Pullman and send them to Moscow.

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    Name: Rod Schwartz on Aug 5, 2008

    Comments: Liz Siler's plastic bag tax proposal is onerous and hare-brained. I have no problem with rigorous enforcement of anti-litter laws that are already in place, and I support private, volunteer efforts to pick up trash along our roadways. But a 20-cent tax on plastic bags Give me a break!

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    Name: Patricia Opp on Aug 5, 2008

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    Name: Rebecca Schwartz on Aug 5, 2008

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    Name: Russ Coggins on Aug 5, 2008

    Comments: a ridiculous idea

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    Name: Sylvia Thompson on Aug 5, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 5, 2008

    Comments: Waste of city time and money. More $$$ to collect and administer than will ever be generated to cover the cost. Questionable agenda in first place

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    Name: Victoria Dehlbom on Aug 6, 2008

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    Name: Ray Lindquist on Aug 6, 2008

    Comments: Please don't let this happen, just one more tax we don't need.

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 6, 2008

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    Name: D. Scott Dehlbom JR on Aug 6, 2008

    Comments: It will only hurt the lower class and students who are already short on cash. Or they will go to Moscow which just a short seven miles away. Which will hurt Pullman business

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    Name: Henry D. Johnston - General Manager - Pullman Radio Shack on Aug 6, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 7, 2008

    Comments: The plastic bans and taxes are examples of government targeting the least of the litter and waste problem to look like they are doing something good. They also haven't considered that majority of the plastic bags distributed in the country are made from US manufacturers (US manufacturing are becoming extint). These bans and taxes affect 40,000 US jobs that heavily burden an already week economy.

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 7, 2008

    Comments: It is not fair for the low income people or for the single parent trying to make ends meet to feed their family.

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    Name: Michael on Aug 7, 2008

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    Name: Deacon James on Aug 7, 2008

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    Name: Dale Courtney on Aug 7, 2008

    Comments: Although I am not a Pullman resident, I do shop frequently in Pullman. And when the Wal-Mart Supercenter arrives, we'll be shopping there rather than driving to the Costco in Clarkston. Please do not add to the costs of shopping that wee are already experiencing on the Palouse.

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    Name: Wes Taylor on Aug 7, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 8, 2008

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 9, 2008

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    Name: Al Sorensen on Aug 9, 2008

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    Name: Kevin Kirkman on Aug 10, 2008

    Comments: NO More Taxs

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    Name: Paige Atwood on Aug 11, 2008

    Comments: Absolutely frivolous, misguided, ill-informed, and naive attempt at more regulation and revenue grabbing. Whoever keeps coming up with these lame-brained schemes to save the planet really should find something else to do. Something useful.

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 12, 2008

    Comments: Lousy idea....will create more governmental red tape when education will do a better job. Teach people to be self-responsible; don't tax and regulate them. I personally re-use the bags I get at the grocery store. I use them to clean up after my dog on walks, and to line the small garbage cans in my bathroom and office. There are many, many other uses in just my household for the plastic grocery bags. If these bags weren't available to me for my Reduce/Reuse/Recycle uses, I'd go out and buy new bags. So the net effect is not a reduction in the number of plastic bags out there. They are just a different type. Also, I donate them to the local thrift store so they don't have to use their slim resources to purchase retail bags...and they ASK for donations of your grocery bags. I'm open to using reusable cloth bags, but I'll still ask for plastic bags when my household supply gets low. The government doesn't have to be asked to regulate all aspects of your lives!

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    Name: Susan Rammelsberg on Aug 16, 2008

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    Name: Bruce Heimbigner on Aug 18, 2008

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    Name: April E. Coggins on Aug 19, 2008

    Comments: The supporters of the bag tax view plastic bags as a symbol of American consumerism and capitalism. Their goal has nothing to do with the environment and everything to do with punishing people for shopping too much.

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    Name: Anonymous on Aug 20, 2008

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    Name: Chris on Aug 20, 2008

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    Name: Trevert McCuaig on Aug 21, 2008

    Comments: We already sell cloth bags for our customers convienence. We have a plastic bag recycle bin. We also accept cardboard boxes or paper for recycleing in our store.

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    Name: Jim DeVleming on Aug 21, 2008

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    Name: Daniel Wiren on Aug 22, 2008

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