Elgin Councilman Corey Dixon Discusses Proposed Plastic Bag Fee Ordinance

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The proposed Single Use Plastic Bag Fee ordinance appears to be picking up steam in Elgin , Illinois. 

• Two members of the city council contacted Tia & Erik after The Elgin Watchman launched its anonymous straw poll of those elected officials. Both agreed to interviews!
• The executive director of the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County (aka the person who wrote the Single Use Plastic Bag Ordinance for Woodstock, IL) agreed to an interview.
• A city staff person from a different municipality -- who wanted to remain anonymous -- agreed to speak with The Elgin Watchman podcast about his experience with implementation of a reusable shopping bag program that he helped implement.

We will publish one podcast per day leading up to the Elgin Sustainability Commission meeting on Tuesday, August 9th at 6pm at the Centre of Elgin in downtown Elgin inside the ballroom (or possibly one of the conference rooms next to the ballroom). Why? Because rumor has it that the commission will be taking a vote on whether to recommend the city council consider this proposed ordinance, which the commission has been working on for the last four years.

Today's podcast features an interview with councilman Corey Dixon.  He considers himself a likely YES vote on the proposed Single Use Plastic Bag Fee ordinance if it end up in front of the council. However, he also appears open to an outright single use plastic bag ban if the ordinance can be crafted correctly and enforced.

(Note: yesterday The Watchman published an interview with councilwoman Tish Powell. Click here to listen to that podcast, which was markedly different from the one with Corey Dixon.)

A special THANK YOU to Corey for agreeing to come on the podcast to discuss what's on his mind. Interviews like this give voters an opportunity to get inside of elected officials heads and see "how the sausage is made" from a policy perspective. It makes our democracy stronger. We hope you enjoy this level of transparency and share this podcast with friends and family who you think will enjoy it, too.

If you are interested in speaking with Corey or any other council member, you can find their contact information online on the city website . . . https://www.cityofelgin.org/77/Mayor-and-Council

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