From reason.com
"Ian Calderon, the Democratic majority leader in California's lower house, has introduced a bill to stop sit-down restaurants from offering customers straws with their beverages unless they specifically request one. Under Calderon's law, a waiter who serves a drink with an unrequested straw in it would face up to 6 months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
"We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans," Calderon explained in a press release.'
No, this is not a joke. It's another loony proposed law in crazy California. The "straw law" is what loony liberal California state legislators are spending taxpayer time and money on? Really? Putting waiters and baristas in jail for giving a patron an unrequested straw? The straw law. So, loony liberal legislators think that's one of the more important issues facing the citizens of California? What about the fact that California is "the poverty capital of America"? What about the fact that Los Angeles has the "worst traffic congestion in the world"? What about high taxes and regulations that strangle business? No, let's legislate and regulate the handing out of STRAWS!
Is this the last straw for crazy California liberals? Maybe this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Maybe.
