To the editor: Upon studying this text, I can not assist however suppose that these attorneys basic from different states and these plastic business executives ought to come to Pomona on a Tuesday morning and be part of with the grassroots effort Pomona Beautiful in cleansing up streets (“Battle over single-use plastics erupts as 17 states move to block California law,” June 23). Allow them to spend a few hours selecting up plastic drink cups, lids for these cups and plastic straws, all in varied states of degradation and all mendacity within the gutter able to make their manner into the storm drains that result in the ocean. And whereas they’re at it, they’ll additionally decide up the a whole bunch of cigarette butts mendacity there with the take-out packaging.
Whereas I’m selecting up this stuff 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 surroundings higher by limiting single-use plastic? The commerce clause has by no means been tortured this far, even in our unusual instances.
The hypocrisy comes from states that California taxes assist. We offer well being and household planning for girls in these states who want it and are denied care at house. Nonetheless, they be happy to threaten our docs for offering such lifesaving providers. In the meantime, many (not essentially all) of those states are effective with efforts to stop individuals of coloration and girls from voting.
This pushback is led by the lawyer basic of Nebraska, a state through which I went to highschool and my mother and father have 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
