HBO Poll: Plastic/Paper Bag Fee?

When the Seattle City Council voted last summer to impose a 20-cent fee on paper and plastic bags, the Progressive Bag Affiliates (PBA) of the American Chemistry Council immediately sprang to action to block the move. The fee would have taken effect January 1, 2009, but the Coalition to Stop the Seattle Bag Tax (funded by PBA, the Washington Food Industry , and 7-Eleven) collected enough voter signatures to put the measure on the August primary ballot this Tuesday/ Grist.Beta . More here .

• TGIF Poll: A plurality of 33 of 67 (49%) respondents to the poll said that creationism shouldn’t be taught at government-funded charter schools. Full results here .