Colorado Democrats Want America To Know What Really Matters… Paper Napkins |
Colorado Democrats Want America To Know What Really Matters… Paper Napkins
After all, isn’t getting an extra Taco Bell hot sauce packet what keeps you up at night?
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It’s nice to know that the Democrats in Colorado have their priorities straight. There are endless things that should concern them, but two of them have decided that the best way to spend their time and waste taxpayers' money is to focus their efforts on the ever-present danger of getting an extra paper napkin, condiment, or plastic utensil.
The bill specifically covers non-food items such as napkins, utensils, condiments, and straws, among others
That’s right, Democratic Colorado State Senator Lisa Cutter and Democratic Colorado State Representative Meg Froelich introduced the legislation on March 24. If passed, it will take effect at the start of 2027.
As unbelievable as it sounds, these two have proposed legislation to restrict restaurants’ ability to provide complimentary napkins, utensils, and condiments to customers in the name of protecting the environment.
Bill SB26-146 would prohibit retail food establishments and third-party food delivery services from providing single-use food service ware to customers unless the customer specifically requests or confirms that they want it, according to the bill's text.
According to the bill, “single-use serviceware” is defined as an item that “a retail food establishment or third-party food delivery service provides to a customer to assist the customer in food … designed to be used once and then discarded.”
The bill specifically covers non-food items such as napkins, utensils, condiments, and straws, among others.
If this were elementary school or junior high, these two nerds would be known as squealers or snitches. Some people never grow out of it; these are two living, breathing examples of busybodies who have nothing better to do than to look for reasons to torture small businesses for trivial reasons.
In this case, the bill’s text purports that customers “are increasingly frustrated with the amount of single-use items they receive with food-service orders,” adding that most of these items “are not recyclable or compostable, yet they are commonly placed in recycling and compost streams, becoming contaminants.”
Right, the only people who would complain about something as minor as that would be geeks like Cutter and Froelich. I doubt that their phone lines are getting jammed with people complaining about getting an extra plastic fork and knife or an extra creamer.
The Plastic Pollution Reduction Act clearly allows a county to impose a civil penalty on a store or retail food establishment
According to the people who waste more money in a day than most Americans do in a lifetime:
Cutter and Froelich’s legislation aims to expand Colorado’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, a law that prohibits establishments from providing plastic bags, which was passed by the Democratic-dominated state legislature in 2021 and took effect in 2024. Cutter, who was a state representative at the time, was one of the sponsors of the legislation passed in 2021.
The Plastic Pollution Reduction Act clearly allows a county to impose a civil penalty on a store or retail food establishment. For a second violation, the penalty can be up to $500, and for a third or subsequent violation, it can be up to $1,000, according to the summary on the Colorado General Assembly’s website.
Pretty steep penalties for companies over some plastic utensils or napkins, because a few dweebs don’t like it.
Not everyone agrees with this nonsense. Former Colorado Republican Party Chair Kristi Burton Brown criticized the newly introduced SB26-146 as “ridiculous” and labeled it a “napkin ban” in a post on X.
The new bill’s text specifies that condiments subject to the bill include:
It was good that someone in Burton Brown’s position clarified some of the selective rubbish this bill contains. The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to her for further comment, but she did not immediately respond.
The text of the 2021 law states:
A representative for Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller’s request about what he plans to do if the bill reaches his desk. Representatives for Cutter and Froelich also did not respond.
The disappointing reality for Colorado residents is that their representatives prioritize issues like this. After all, isn’t getting an extra Taco Bell hot sauce packet what keeps you up at night?
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