Gosh, it sure is nice to know that our governments – local, state and federal – are doing more and more to take care of us – to keep us safe, to keep us healthy and to otherwise make life easier for us. Over the past year or so, I’ve read accounts of several new laws which do such things. Well, I just found this article which mentions a few of them. No need to search the Internet for examples.
It’s good to see that San Francisco is not falling behind here. Being such a liberal city, I would not expect it to fall behind. So San Francisco recently passed a “composting” ordinance making it illegal to throw certain things in the trash, such as orange peels, coffee grounds and greasy pizza boxes. Infactions carry fines of up to $500 per violation. Several days ago I read somewhere else what is also mentioned in the referenced article – the state of Massachusetts will soon require thousands of restaurant workers to undergo state-designed training on handling food allergies, and every restaurant menu will have to be revised to include a new message: “Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.’’ Ain’t that great? I also read that in Oregon an eight-year-old boy was suspended from his public school because he came to class with a tiny plastic toy gun from his G.I. Joe action figure. Good! Several times I have looked for toys for my two-year old grandson, and I have noticed that toy guns are still available. Naturally I never bought him one of those, since I do not want him to learn that guns can be a normal part of one’s life. Sure wish my city or state would pass a law banning toy guns. The same goes for plastic bags at supermarkets; I hate those plastic bags because you can’t put too much in them, and even so a lot of the time things fall out of those plastic bags when I carry them to and from my car. I much prefer paper sacks. They are much easier for me to handle, and you can put more stuff in them. And of course, paper sacks or bags are environmentally-friendly, whereas those plastic bags are not. Walmart never has paper sacks, instead always using plastic bags. And I sure hate those plastic bags. Pass a law !