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Not-So-Green Seattle Voters Reject Grocery Bag Tax

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2009 5:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – The $1.4 million the plastics industry spent to defeat a grocery bag tax initiative paid off yesterday when Seattle voters defied their green reputation to reject the tax, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The measure would have charged shoppers 20 cents per plastic or paper... Read full story »

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