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

Labels: , , ,


Comments: Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]





<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

Subscribe to Posts [Atom]