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What Would You Ban in Holliston or Hopkinton?

A number of surrounding communities have deep-sixed some interesting items and activities over the past year, but should Holliston and Hopkinton join the banning bandwagon?

 

Concord’s so-called bottle ban became a bylaw earlier this week, Brookline recently banned plastic bags and Styrofoam cups, and Arlington’s Town Meeting this fall upheld a seasonal leaf blower ban. Meanwhile, home-cooked foods have been forced out of many schools, an ostensible attempt to protect against allergies and childhood obesity. Let's not forget the most talked about ban of 2012, Middleborough's swearing ban.

Holliston and Hopkinton haven’t exactly hopped on this banning bandwagon, but should they?

Is there an activity or item you would want to see banned out of environmental, health or quality-of-life concerns? Let us know in the comments section below.

Related Topics: Banned in Massachusetts, Bottle Ban, Leafblower ban, Plastic Bags Banned, and styrofoam ban

HollistonGuy

4:02 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

I would ban political yard signs. I have never had a political yard sign (I have put youth sports yard signs up) because I'm not vain enough to think that people give a crap about which candidate I support. I'd also ban people from standing in downtown Holliston and holding signs. That area is dangerous enough as it is without the added distractions. While we're at it, can we just ban all politicians? They all lie, regardless of political party. I feel better already! Imagine a world with no politicians!

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Suzanne Adelman

5:04 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

I would ban spontaneous road-side memorials where people have died. I understand that love-ones are clearly heart broken and shocked, and they want to visit the site where this horrible thing has happened and to express their grief. However, my "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" mentality is bothered by these memorials. Why have plastic flowers, wreaths, balloons, teddy bears and candles on death sites become so common? Very quickly these sad expressions of grief become dirty faded trash heaps. At the risk of sounding heartless and cold, death site memorials should be biodegradable and temporary.

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Marilyn Brine Gilmour

9:33 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Brookline has it right. Even plastic bags can be recycled however styrofoam doesn't have recycling bins at every supermarket and it virtually never breaks down.Styrofoam anything from packing to food service - "Doggie bags" for leftover restaurant meals don't have to be styrofoam - and what's wrong with the Starbucks-style coffee cups as opposed to Dunkin Donuts large cups? OK, price.. but I'd pay for something that doesn't stay around as long as this does: http://www.ehow.com/facts_6045790_life-cycle-styrofoam.html

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