San Fransisco legislators are reportedly considering an expensive, intrusive, and completely unnecessary ordinance that would force any business with a water fountain to install specialized water bottle filling stations.
The approximately $750 renovation was proposed to help urge citizens to reuse their plastic water bottles rather than discarding them which, as we all know, directly leads to the murder of baby seals. These taps would dispense cold water in a steady stream for those with empty bottles. In other words, they are virtually the same as the spigot of any sink a business might already have.
One of the city’s all-too-rare rational officials made pretty much the same argument, saying water from fountains and from a sink originate at the same source.
Lest I be labeled an environment-hater, I do not endorse tossing water bottles out of the nearest window when their contents are depleated. Recycling is an easy and rewardng option for many Americans, but city governments should not be forced to subsidize it through costly additions. Liberal politicians already add far too much to the bottom lines of entrepreneurs through their constant over-regulation.
If a company thinks offering a service such as water bottle taps would increase their profits, more power to them. To force small businesses to install a contraption that performs exactly the same function as the kitchen sink is a wildly irrational abuse of power.
Business owners, especially in deep blue states like California, are already so scared of the government’s next move that they aren’t hiring; adding even more regulation can only help, right?
The supremely hypocritical aspect of this proposed regulation is that it completely flies in the face of another popular trope among those on the left, claiming the reuse of plastic bottles is akin to playing Russian Roulette.
Liberals try to impose their will over such a broad spectrum of everyday life that it’s impossible for them to keep their rules straight.
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Why bother to write anything about S.F., its the land of queers, losers and nuts, just another lib city going broke, who cares.
I would tend to agree with you, except for the fact that the terrible ideas originating in San Fransisco have a bad habit of being adopted by similarly anti-American politicians across this great land…
They’re just asking businesses to contribute to an unsanitary situation. I think San Francisco should also mandate sterilization stations so that the danger of re-using the plastic bottles, injection needles, etc., is lessened. Of course, the site should be supervised so there is no cross-contamination.
I figure one such progressive station could be built and manned for say $200,000 a year. Nancy Pelosi and Del Monte Foods could pick up the tab for the first decade or so. #&^#!# idiots! If you’re going to mandate, mandate that these locations sell fresh, pure, sealed NEW bottles of water.
The two main reasons people drink so much bottled water are convenience, and to avoid the taste of chlorine. Some may also fear fluoride. It is not convenient to refill little plastic bottles. And they don’t care about cost savings, or they wouldn’t drink bottled water in the first place. So, I’m guessing that this latest foray into environmental Marxism will be almost completely unused and ignored..
These morons are going to make it so all drinking fountains are REMOVED. Is that their intent, so folks HAVE TO BUY MORE bottled water expensively at the local companies?
Me, I just drink from the fountain, and should I have a bottle, from home water, that need refill, I just hold the button down and refill it. Don’t need a special faucet. Granted the water usually tastes bad, but I’d rather be hydrated than lying in the street from heat exhaustion or worse.
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