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California Bill Would JAIL Waiters Who Offer Plastic Straws Without A Request

Amanda Prestigiacomo

Majority Leader of the California State Assembly, Ian Calderon, has introduced a bill that would punish sit-down restaurant waiters who offer un-requested plastic straws to customers; up to $1,000 fines and six months behind bars could be the result.

That’s right, in California where the #Resistance to “authoritarian” President Donald Trump is strongest, politicians are mulling over a bill that would jail a hostess for handing out a straw. Makes sense.

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