Hmm

You can talk about the happy happy happy man, and even talk about his reputation, but hey, you can't mention that his reputation is for being nuts and a curiosity to laugh at. That'd be mean. And if there's one thing that a newspaper shouldn't do, it's be accurate when doing so would be mean.

Moving on to the fantastic world of grocery bag fees.

Although Berkeley already disposes of 50 percent of its waste without using landfills, the fee could increase that amount to 75 percent by 2010, according to Cisco DeVries, Bates's chief of staff.

Let me make sure I understand that. Over 25% of Berkeley's waste is made up of plastic grocery bags?

Currently, there are no U.S. cities that charge a fee on grocery bags.

Berkeley city officials were inspired by a 17-cent grocery bag fee proposed last year by the San Francisco Department of the Environment, according to DeVries. The revenue from the San Francisco fee would go towards better recycling and disposal efforts.

If I recall correctly, that fee proposal crashed and burned. How inspiring.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 9/14/2005 02:23:00 PM #
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"Let me make sure I understand that. Over 25% of Berkeley's waste is made up of plastic grocery bags?"

I take it to mean that the fee would be used to dispose of other waste without landfills.

# posted by  Anonymous : 12:23 AM, September 15, 2005

 

Ohhhh, I get it. That makes more sense.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 11:57 AM, September 15, 2005

 

"“I talk about everything,” he says in Mandarin, adding that he only uses his ‘happy happy happy’ catch phrase to attract attention. “Taiwan, Japan, the Dalai Lama, everything ... whatever is going on in the world.”

Sounds to me that he just talks about Chinese stuff, which, unless you're the Chinese government, is probably less than "everything".

# posted by  Anonymous : 3:28 AM, September 17, 2005

 

his latest shpiel touches upon New Orleans. though. also, one of my friends and i came to the conclusion that the way he repeats two phrases over and over again basically makes him a random bystander in an adventure game.

# posted by  Anonymous : 3:28 PM, September 17, 2005

 

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