Comments on: Parsing the Council Pricing Vote http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jmc http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47159 jmc Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:39:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47159 Those styrofoam lunch trays are such a silly issue. Half these parents drive around in SUVs, which burn more styrofoam/sugar cane equivalent in a a mile than you'd need to make a lunch tray. Unlike many other things in the community, the foam lunch trays don't pose a danger to children's health. Air pollution and speeding motorists do! Those styrofoam lunch trays are such a silly issue. Half these parents drive around in SUVs, which burn more styrofoam/sugar cane equivalent in a a mile than you’d need to make a lunch tray. Unlike many other things in the community, the foam lunch trays don’t pose a danger to children’s health. Air pollution and speeding motorists do!

]]> By: styro hero http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47130 styro hero Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:39:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47130 Well, thank god Bill is taking care of the styrofoam menace! Less styrofoam in our wastestream is certain to reduce VMT by at least 10-20%! A GREENER, GREATER BROOKLYN: http://www.billdeblasio.com/issue4.html From his recent email: I joined students and parents at PS 154 on Monday in Windsor Terrace to launch a pilot program, which makes them the first NYC public school to stop using styrofoam lunch trays. Instead of styrofoam the school lunches will be served on trays made from sugar cane fiber. The new trays are designed to easily break down either in a landfill or in backyard composting, within 45 days. In contrast, the trays made of styrofoam typically take 10,000 years to break down and studies suggest the possibility of chemical migration into the food our children eat each day. The Department of Education (DOE) currently uses 850,000 styrofoam trays a day which adds up to over 4 million trays a week! As always thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, Bill de Blasio Well, thank god Bill is taking care of the styrofoam menace! Less styrofoam in our wastestream is certain to reduce VMT by at least 10-20%!

A GREENER, GREATER BROOKLYN:
http://www.billdeblasio.com/issue4.html

From his recent email:
I joined students and parents at PS 154 on Monday in Windsor Terrace to launch a pilot program, which makes them the first NYC public school to stop using styrofoam lunch trays.
Instead of styrofoam the school lunches will be served on trays made from sugar cane fiber. The new trays are designed to easily break down either in a landfill or in backyard composting, within 45 days. In contrast, the trays made of styrofoam typically take 10,000 years to break down and studies suggest the possibility of chemical migration into the food our children eat each day. The Department of Education (DOE) currently uses 850,000 styrofoam trays a day which adds up to over 4 million trays a week!

As always thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Bill de Blasio

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47122 Josh Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:08:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47122 Hey Councilman Barron, how about instead of voting against CP because you don't think money will be devoted to transit improvements in Brooklyn, you use your position to push for CP money to be used for transit improvements in Brooklyn? Hey Councilman Barron, how about instead of voting against CP because you don’t think money will be devoted to transit improvements in Brooklyn, you use your position to push for CP money to be used for transit improvements in Brooklyn?

]]> By: Hizzoner http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47114 Hizzoner Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:58:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47114 Tony Avella: Leading New York back to 1977. Avella for Mayor! Tony Avella: Leading New York back to 1977.

Avella for Mayor!

]]> By: Jason A http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47112 Jason A Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:37:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47112 Good luck with that Tony. If CP passes it will play out exactly like the smoking ban - everyone will wonder how we lived so long without it... Good luck with that Tony. If CP passes it will play out exactly like the smoking ban – everyone will wonder how we lived so long without it…

]]> By: md http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47110 md Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:28:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47110 Under CP, won't it still be less expensive for Avella's constituents to drive than to take the LIRR? Under CP, won’t it still be less expensive for Avella’s constituents to drive than to take the LIRR?

]]> By: Ombud http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-47109 Ombud Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:24:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/parsing-the-council-pricing-vote/#comment-47109 Who's Tony Avella? He's running for mayor? Who’s Tony Avella? He’s running for mayor?

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