Tuesday, June 2, 2009
San Francisco Mayor looking for smokers to pay for cigarettes butt cleanup.
Facing a $500 million deficit in his City's next year budget, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newson has a plan to add a 33 cents municipal fee to the price of a pack of cigarettes hoping to raise close to $11 million, the equivalent of the amount the city said it spends every year in cigarette butts cleaning.
What will the Mayor think off next? A $30 fee on any GM clunker sold to help with the towing costs when they are found broken down and abandoned a month later ?
For more, see Vitabeat.com
What will the Mayor think off next? A $30 fee on any GM clunker sold to help with the towing costs when they are found broken down and abandoned a month later ?
For more, see Vitabeat.com
Labels: cigarette butts cleaning fee., cigarettes fee, Mayor Gavin Newson, San Francisco Mayor
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