Washington D.C. has gone off the deep end. We need less government not more. From Legal Insurrection:
Washington D.C. Now Has an ‘Inspector’ to Enforce the Ban on Plastic Straws
The Department of Energy and Environment in Washington, DC, now has someone to enforce the ban on plastic straws. Will you sleep better tonight knowing this scourge upon society is being dealt with properly?
Fenit Nirappil reports at the Washington Post:
On patrol with the enforcer of D.C.’s plastic-straw ban
Warning letters in hand, Zach Rybarczyk patrolled the food court at Union Station, looking for offenders.
Past Auntie Anne’s, past Johnny Rockets. At Lotus Express, a Chinese food joint, Rybarczyk peeled the wrapper from a red straw and bent the end — the telltale giveaway.
Plastic.
Washington has become the latest city in a nationwide movement to ban plastic straws, and it’s up to Rybarczyk, an inspector for the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment, to enforce the new law.
The straw cop left the rattled cashier at Lotus Express with a warning that if the store was still using plastic straws by July, when a grace period expires, it could be fined up to $800.
This whole thing started with some numbers put out by a nine year old boy. It fit the media narrative so they ran with it. I wonder how many tax-payer dollars go into Mr. Rybarczyk's paycheck. I would be surprised if he was not earning less than $100K. Low level bureaucrats in D.C. routinely earn over $120K
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