> From: Nextdoor Japantown <http://www.nextdoor.com/~reply> > Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:59:36 -0000 > > Lance Shoemaker from Hensley said: > > Neighbors, I wanted to alert you to something pretty fishy that is going on > both in our neighborhood and at some shopping areas I have been to. Someone > just came by our house with an initiative that supposedly has the purpose of > improving Styrofoam recycling. On the surface, that sounds very environmentally > friendly to me and I was inclined to sign it. However if you read the fine > print this initiative will also overturn where-I-live's ban on Styrofoam products. > So they are pitching an overturn of the ban as a way to improve recycling. > > Certainly opponents of the Styrofoam products ban have the right to try to > circulate an initiative to overturn the ban. However I think it is totally > deceptive for them not to mention the real purpose of this initiative. Both > times this initiative was presented to me by two different individuals, it was > sold with the same deceptive line of reasoning. > > Since they are going around our neighborhood and knocking on doors I thought I > should alert people to the true purpose of this initiative. Read the fine print > before you sign it.