It brings back glass bottles and recycling, turn them in and get a quarter...

BC- Another stroke of the broad brush eh? Your statement is not true. Not all bottled water "comes from the same municipal sources" as tap water though, admittedly, some does. Here is a very informative article regarding water from the EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/faq/pdfs/fs_healthseries_bottlewater.pdf
Even though many bottled waters do come from municipal taps, a large number of those are re-filtered to remove more of the impurities that the municipal systems do not.

If you ban plastic, only criminals will have water ... Oh wait DOH!

But city government is not the federal government and not under the President's control, yet you seem to blame local laws on him. All cities have their own ordinances and are controlled by the locals. Many of those are unpopular. You can't please everyone all the time, nor some any of the time.

I still say that it is not up to the local government to take away our "choices". It is in the constitution. Let the marketplace decide. If enough people agree that individual bottles are polluting, etc, they will stop buying it and then if there is no demand, the supply will go away or lessen. The government at any level does not have a HEART. They only care about money and getting elected.

And GGY weaves her agenda in once again...plastic bottles are the fault of conservatives....you are so full of hot air....Laura...please don't engage with GGY....she is the smartest person on the Patch...if you don't believe it just ask her.

John B, you're one of the biggest bullies on Patch threads. When someone doesn't agree with you or someone you agree with, you pile on. Why don't you make your comments without calling others out? What's that? No original thoughts from you? That's what I thought. Jerk. Yes, conservatives who bitch about environmental protections and enforcements are the ones who are responsible for leaving a damaged world for future generations, plastic bottles and all.

and GGY lives in a house without mirrors.......

Ahhh, John B, you must be a born and bred Southerner. You're such a gentleman :0

Thanks for proving my point a couple of more times.

I know I'm not the smartest person on Patch. Sounds like you think I am. Thanks for the accidental compliment, John B.

The laws in many cities have changed to prohibit smoking in restaurants - not the federal govt.'s doing. If that were not so, we would still have to put up with it in restaurants. People who smoke aren't so concerned about the damage to themselves or others, same with polluting. People don't always do what is right or what is smart, just what they want to do because they can, and they often inflict their selfishness on others. Bottlers weren't prevented from using cheap plastic bottles of any size to sell. Change for the better occurs following awareness. The city of Concord has become aware. It is not preventing the bottling in single-serve containers or your purchase of them elsewhere, or even drinking them in their city.

"the laws are designed to protect us against other people, not ourselves."
Exactly.

GGY- You should get off Laura's back, you are like a bulldog. Why didn't Concorde ban ALL plastic bottles? You take the one group who is making the healthy choice to drink water and penalizing them. In light of the AMAZING 33% obesity rate in our country, if we were to let the government ban things, it ought to be sodas in plastic bottles.
This law is just non-sense and typical of the bed-wetters in Massachusetts.
Laura- You make a heck of a lot more sense in this argument.

Won't happen X man...you know GGY has to have the last word....regardless of how stupid her arguement may be....

Racer X and John B, why don't you get off my back? I have every bit as much right to express my opinion as anyone else on these threads. But unlike you two I don't insult and use vulgar language and analogies. You can't stand someone having an opposing opinion, and it really bothers you because you can't logically refute them. I'm not the only one who posts opposite your views but you choose to bully me!? I was having a conversation with Laura based on her comments and she on mine. None of you damn business, either of you. If Laura or anyone else doesn't like what I post, don't make comments. If you can't take it, don't dish it out. What a couple of jerks you two are. The last time I heard from you two you were making vulgar comments to me.

Congratulations, Laura, you have just acquired a couple of cheerleaders and defenders.

John B- It was just a matter of time :-)

But don't get too excited Laura, it's no compliment. They're just coming after me. It wouldn't matter what you said. If I had agreed with you, they would trash both of us. They have quite the history for such shenanigans on these threads.

Wrong again GGY...wouldn't go after Laura at all. Your true colors certainly come out when you're angry. I thought liberals were much more level headed...oh that's right...you are a moderate!

John B, I am level headed. That's why your immature, irrelevant and insulting comments annoy me. No one likes to be ambushed on these threads, but you and your buddy make it a point to do that to me. MYOB. If you can't post relative to the comments and do so with substance, you're just an irritation and not a solution. It really doesn't matter what the post is about - if President Obama is mentioned, you guys zoom in and snipe. Looks like you two have a pact of some sort. That's showing your true colors.