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San Jose Mercury NewsIn a sign of California's cultural creep away from reliance on the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag, Santa Clara County supervisors passed a sweeping ban Tuesday without a single naysayer from the public.
Earlier hearings on the county's two-year effort toward banning plastic carry-out bags drew heated opposition from chambers of commerce, merchants and even chemical and oil producers.
But Tuesday's vote had just one opponent, the newest board member and lone Republican, Mike Wasserman, who spoke out for affected wineries and golf courses in his South County district. Wasserman said plastic bags don't really contribute all that much to pollution.
"I question an ordinance that would apply to only a handful of businesses, add unnecessary regulation at unknown costs, and at the end of the day only address 1 percent of the trash problem," Wasserman said in an interview.
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