After reading your blog addressing the Austin Metro system, I couldn’t agree more on your opinion. The idea of the metro system to save citizens gas and time sitting in traffic is brilliant, don’t get me wrong. The fact that many people in Austin that ride the metro downtown for their job still have to ride there bike to their destination. If there were more metro stations rather than just nine in the whole Austin area, it would make it much easier and efficient for many people living in the Austin area. If the city of Austin is going to spend all that money for the metro, in my opinion there should be more stops throughout the city.

plastic bags

The article I read today is regarding the plastic bag ban in Texas, specifically in Brownsville in the article. Since this ban went into effect, it has saved almost 350,000 bags per day. In my opinion this proposition is outrageous. I used to work at HEB when I was in high school, when you had a choice of paper, or plastic bags. But now you are required to pay a dollar for your groceries to be bagged, or bring your own bags to the store. Edmundo Arizpe said in the article “you some be exempt from the band if you buy more than $50 worth of groceries” and I couldn’t agree more. You shouldn’t have to buy your own bags or pay to have your groceries bagged. Every other state besides Texas still has plastic bags for their customers and I don’t understand why our state has to pass such a crazy law to try and save a little bit of money. I don’t think that one dollar to buy plastic bags is going to help save that much money. All the grocery stores in the world have been using plastic bags for decades now so why change it up? It only makes it harder on customers to go out of their way to buy HEB green bags. In conclusion, grocery stores should keep the option open for their customers on which bags they want to choose. Shouldn’t be a dictatorship deciding on what bags are allowed to be used.

http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/09/for-texas-city-plastic-bag-ban-brings-controversy/