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The fall out from Tuesday's vote on Seattle's plastic bag tax continues.  Many articles cite the unfairness on lower income indivduals or the public mistrust of where the tax funds would go.  It will be interesting to continue to monitor this debate as more and more cities consider how to approach their plastic bag problems.  The following is a collection of articles from the New York Times to Delaware to Kansas City - the whole country is talking.  We should be listening.  

For more information:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009701829_bag_tax...

http://voices.kansascity.com/node/5505

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/bagging_it_in_seattl...

http://php.delawareonline.com/blog/allgreentome/2009/08/seattle-voters-r...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2009691988_danny19.html

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/plastic-bag-wars-poised-to-...