Comments on: NYC: Bloomberg mulls ban on Styrofoam cups, containers http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 22 May 2013 17:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Canvasback http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-200616 Canvasback Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:45:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36066#comment-200616 Doesn't New York have a City Council somewhere that makes laws? Yes, I'm sure I read that somewhere. One benefit of consulting it from time to time would be that the chaos of the legislative process is a stumbling block to tyranny. Doesn’t New York have a City Council somewhere that makes laws? Yes, I’m sure I read that somewhere. One benefit of consulting it from time to time would be that the chaos of the legislative process is a stumbling block to tyranny.

]]> By: OBQuiet http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-200580 OBQuiet Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:57:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36066#comment-200580 "There’s also a law against honking bicyclists." What is it with these folks in CA? You have to warn them you're coming so they can dodge. It is hardly sporting otherwise! “There’s also a law against honking bicyclists.”

What is it with these folks in CA?
You have to warn them you’re coming so they can dodge. It is hardly sporting otherwise!

]]> By: John Burgess http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-200577 John Burgess Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:39:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36066#comment-200577 Can Hizzoner just ban bed bugs and make them go away? Clearly the Dept. of Public Health can't do it through regulation. Can Hizzoner just ban bed bugs and make them go away? Clearly the Dept. of Public Health can’t do it through regulation.

]]> By: Robert http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-200563 Robert Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:58:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36066#comment-200563 My city, Sunnyvale CA, has been enacting all sorts of crazy greenie laws lately. It started with a bag ban, and the styrofoam ban is coming soon. There's also a law against honking bicyclists. It's a living hell here. My city, Sunnyvale CA, has been enacting all sorts of crazy greenie laws lately. It started with a bag ban, and the styrofoam ban is coming soon. There’s also a law against honking bicyclists.

It’s a living hell here.

]]> By: Ed http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/nyc-bloomberg-mulls-ban-styrofoam-cups-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-200553 Ed Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:30:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36066#comment-200553 I went to a conference in Canada and they recycle it; why not NYC? The alternative is to go back to paper cups which require tree pulp and can't be recycled due to the coatings. I went to a conference in Canada and they recycle it; why not NYC? The alternative is to go back to paper cups which require tree pulp and can’t be recycled due to the coatings.

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