To the editor: Upon studying this text, I can’t assist however suppose that these attorneys normal from different states and these plastic business executives ought to come to Pomona on a Tuesday morning and be a part of with the grassroots effort Pomona Lovely in cleansing up streets (“Battle over single-use plastics erupts as 17 states transfer to dam California legislation,” June 23). Allow them to spend a few hours selecting up plastic drink cups, lids for these cups and plastic straws, all in numerous states of degradation and all mendacity within the gutter able to make their approach into the storm drains that result in the ocean. And whereas they’re at it, they’ll additionally choose up the a whole bunch of cigarette butts mendacity there with the take-out packaging.
Whereas I’m selecting up these things and dragging round a half-filled trash bag, I actually imagine there should be a stronger legislation.
Don Martens, Pomona
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To the editor: You’ve received to be kidding me — hypocrisy run amok. Actually, these states declare their free speech is threatened as a result of California dares to attempt to make the atmosphere higher by limiting single-use plastic? The commerce clause has by no means been tortured this far, even in our unusual occasions.
The hypocrisy comes from states that California taxes help. We offer well being and household planning for ladies in these states who want it and are denied care at dwelling. Nonetheless, they be at liberty to threaten our docs for offering such lifesaving companies. In the meantime, many (not essentially all) of those states are wonderful with efforts to forestall individuals of colour and girls from voting.
This pushback is led by the legal professional normal of Nebraska, a state by which I went to highschool and my dad and mom had been lifelong Republicans. I think about they’re whirling of their tombs seeing what has develop into of those sensible commonsense individuals they lived amongst. Simply adapt and make higher containers, please.
Jay Coffman, San Diego
