Currents
February 2019
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Final Straw
Liberty vs Common Good
The United States continues
to struggle with the status quo on
personal freedom versus com-
mon good.
Half the country believes that
one’s rights end where another
person’s rights begin. That the
Common Good outweighs the
personal freedom. The other half
of the country believes they can
do anything based on the Ameri-
can concept of personal freedom
and regard the Common Good as
socialism or communalism. Per-
haps unwittingly influenced by
Ayn Rand philosophy which per-
meates the political zeitgeist.
The divide is often noted by the
calling common good decisions
the nanny state.
This was evidenced by cities
banning single use or plastic
straws and half the public react-
ing less then kind. In early Janu-
ary, a McDonald’s customer bat-
tered an employee at an estab-
lishment near the beach which
has banned plastic straws.
Pompano Beach has banned
plastic straws along with Styro-
foam within the city. Establish-
ments will offer combustible
straws in Pompano Beach, and
for a short while, can ask for a
plastic straw and receive one.
The new ordinance will take
effect in March. The City Attor-
ney tells the story this way: “on
or after March 1, 2019, “A person
working shall ask each sign-in
customer if they want a single
use beverage straw.” If they
want a straw, they are provided
with a straw of renewable com-
bustible material, sugar cane,
paper or bamboo.”
Exemptions are built in for
physical needs to use the straws.
See the commission response to
the issue:
Title:
P.H.
2019-18:
(PUBLIC HEARING 1ST READ-
ING)
AN
ORDINANCE,
"HEALTH AND SAFETY," OF
THE CITY OF POMPANO
BEACH CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES BY AMENDING SEC-
TION 96.62, “SALE OR USE OF
PLASTIC
BEVERAGE
STRAWS,” TO PROVIDE ADDI-
TIONAL DEFINITIONS AND TO
PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS AND PROHI-
BITIONS FOR THE DISTRIBU-
TION OF PLASTIC BEVERAGE
STRAWS WITHIN THE CITY.
Mark A. Beaudreau, Recre-
ation Programs Administrator,
presented the item and indicated
that on October 23, 2018, the
Commission passed Ordinance
No. 2019-05 containing language
that prohibited plastic straws in
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