When you become so enamored of your reflection in the mirror, you simply don't hear.
When Representatives prostitute themselves for Chairmanships, bigger offices and larger staffs, where are you? Selling your conscience for a few gold coins?
House Speaker "Racino" DeLeo is so blinded by his own arrogance, he has ceased listening. The echoes he hears are not the voice of the people, but simply his own voice within an empty head.
I have met NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, who doesn't fully support the EXPANDED BOTTLE BILL.
Here's what DeLeo said on WBUR:
DeLeo also remains cool to the governor’s proposal... to expand the bottle bill, which would add a 5-cent deposit to tea, juice and water bottles.
“The budget that will come out will not have any new taxes, no additional fees, or any other gimmicks in terms of raising additional revenue,” DeLeo said.
Patrick introduced these proposals in his budget plan in an effort raise revenue. The ... additional bottle deposit would help fund recycling programs.
Mr. Speaker:
Instead of opposing the expanded BOTTLE BILL that has languished for far too long because of vested interests, this represents solid waste disposal savings for municipalities and fund raising for groups that pick up the trash from the roadside, as a start.
When Representatives prostitute themselves for Chairmanships, bigger offices and larger staffs, where are you? Selling your conscience for a few gold coins?
House Speaker "Racino" DeLeo is so blinded by his own arrogance, he has ceased listening. The echoes he hears are not the voice of the people, but simply his own voice within an empty head.
I have met NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, who doesn't fully support the EXPANDED BOTTLE BILL.
Here's what DeLeo said on WBUR:
DeLeo also remains cool to the governor’s proposal... to expand the bottle bill, which would add a 5-cent deposit to tea, juice and water bottles.
“The budget that will come out will not have any new taxes, no additional fees, or any other gimmicks in terms of raising additional revenue,” DeLeo said.
Patrick introduced these proposals in his budget plan in an effort raise revenue. The ... additional bottle deposit would help fund recycling programs.
Mr. Speaker:
Instead of opposing the expanded BOTTLE BILL that has languished for far too long because of vested interests, this represents solid waste disposal savings for municipalities and fund raising for groups that pick up the trash from the roadside, as a start.
The EXPANDED BOTTLE BILL is a sensible and reasonable solution.
In addition, the funds have the potential of replacing the Unclaimed Bottle Deposit Funds that now go into the General Fund and are spent for other things, like maybe the Probation Dept. ?
Those funds, in the past, went to DEP and were used for the plastic recycling bins and compost bins.
Please consider contacting your Senator and your Representative to support this long overdue legislation:
http://www.malegislature.gov/People/House
http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Senate
2 comments:
Right on. Expand the bottle bill! Bottle bills work: they reduce litter, about triple the recycling rate of beverage containers (compared to curbside), and reduce costs to local governments and tax payers. But the beverage companies don't care if their containers get recycled (unless the can push the cost to local governments and tax payers with less effective recycling programs), and I guess DeLeo doesn't care about recycling either.
good info at www.bottlebill.org
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