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...other countries have approved nationwide bans of the flimsy flyaway sacks. San Francisco this spring became the first U.S. city to ban nonbiodegradable bags from large grocery stores and pharmacies, and similar legislation is being debated in Boston; Santa Cruz, Calif.; and Portland, Ore. In Annapolis, Md., alderman Sam Shropshire is pushing for what would be among the strictest plastic regulations in the world: banishing plastic bags not only from big retailers but from small ones too, forcing mom-and-pop restaurants, for example, to abandon leakproof doggie bags. "With our proximity to the Chesapeake Bay, there's no other...
...patrol neighborhoods, so they can't build the trust essential to preventing crime. Tensions between the city's African-American community and police are particularly high--40% of the population is black and 47% is white, but there are three times as many white cops on the force. As Alderman Ashanti Hamilton explains, "If the only time people in black neighborhoods see a police officer there it is to arrest somebody, then, of course, they're going to be nervous." Chief Hegerty says repairing this relationship is critical. "We have to count on law-abiding residents to tell us what...
...People who have put in a full day's work are generally too tired to go out and terrorize the neighborhood by night," alderman Willie Wade says. Employment can assuage other social ills. It leads to more homeownership--meaning fewer absentee landlords and the drug houses that can go with them. And a job can anchor an entire family. Says Wade: "A little money in his pocket can convince a man to be a father to his children instead of stealing his neighbor's Cadillac...
...control," says Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. "Some" may end up being "a little"--only 3,000 tickets have been sold. Partiers simply plan to move to venues nearby (as in a block away), so few residents expect the fête to end happily. "People in masks feel uninhibited by morals," says alderman Austin King, "let alone laws...
...Given Blagojevich's record of family and political scandals - feuding with his alderman father-in-law and a federal investigation into pension and hiring irregularities - it's no wonder that many critics and pundits wonder if the Governor's lofty goals are just posturing. The state's record on education and children's well-being, after all, isn't much to brag about. The state has some of the top public schools in the country, but ranks near last overall in education funding. And while the group Kids Count reported this week that Illinois shot up from near bottom...