Sugar Editorial Picks
Jun 25, 2008 -
The US Conference of Mayors, meeting in Miami, banned bottled water this week. The cities will no longer use municipal funds to purchase water bottles.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who proposed the resolution along with 17 other big-city mayors, said: "Cities are sending the wrong message about the quality of public water when we spend taxpayer dollars on water in disposable containers from a private corporation."
- 22 Comments
Other Search Results
Feb 20, 2009 -
President Obama met with America's mayors today, promising to "call them out" if they spend stimulus money in a wasteful way.
The president told the Conference of US Mayors that he needed unprecedented responsibility and accountability. He said: If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it, and put a stop to it.
- 6 Comments