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Plastic Bag Bans Are Killing Californians, It Says Here
Editor’s Note: Before reading John Kuechle’s commentary, what do you think of the City Council’s proposed ban on single-use plastic carryout bags? City Hall will sponsor two community meetings next week – Tuesday, 10:45, at the Senior Center, and Saturday, 11 a.m., in the Dan Patacchia Room, City Hall – to discuss the coming ordinance that will require a minimum 10-cent charge by affected stores.
The Real Truth About V
Over the past few weeks, Measure V opponents have asserted that the proposed new charter is part of a plan to eliminate civil service protection for city employees. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
I, along with every other member of the Charter Review Committee, recognize that Culver City is extremely fortunate to have such high quality employees.
The Committee did conclude that Culver City was not well served by the present system. Some department heads are covered by civil service and others are not. But there was not even a suggestion that we might want to reduce (much less eliminate) the civil service protections enjoyed by city employees below the department head level.
The “smoking gun” pointed to by Measure V opponents is the deletion from the current charter of a clause requiring a two-thirds vote of the people before a city department can be withdrawn from civil service.
