PublicCola's "Comment of the Day" goes to Elaine. She had this to say about the news that the American Chemistry Council (aka, the Benjamin Braddock plastic PAC) contributed $500,000 to the campaign to repeal the .20 grocery bag fee:

3. Elaine says:

hmm, that would pay the bag fee for 2,500,000 bags. Just saying.

07/20/2009 AT 1 : 28 PM

Full disclosure: PubliCola made a $600 contribution to the pro .20 bag fee campaign, the "Seattle Green Bag" campaign. They have raised $64,742.

The chemical council-backed "Stop the Bag Tax" campaign has raised $750,000—none of it from Seattle.