Someone Live-Tweeted Another Park Slope Food Co-op Meeting
In addition to Chadwick Matlin (who pioneered the Co-op live tweet thing last time around), the contentious meeting was extensively documented by Slate writer Miriam Krule. Apparently, there was a divide over whether to phase plastic produce bags by charging 20 cents for their use (this in turn sparked sub-arguments about fee exemptions for EBT users, what to do with the extra revenue, etc.). Mostly, it sounds like a pretty exhausting exercise, but a few highlights below:
http://twitter.com/miriamkrule/statuses/438464298684518400
http://twitter.com/miriamkrule/statuses/438466676284485632
http://twitter.com/miriamkrule/statuses/438478869239451648
Point of order. Question about time. Leader keeps saying 8, crowd yells 9. Asks "what year is this"? #coopbagmeeting
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 26, 2014
Man suggests 20 cents should go toward coop loan fund. "So we can help other coops… and they can also enjoy this debate."
— Chadwick Matlin (@ChadwickMatlin) February 26, 2014
Day after on the ground #coopbagmeeting reporting: there are no bags (in the bread section) pic.twitter.com/pKEXLcI7hi
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 26, 2014
Ultimately, the measure was voted down, but seems likely to be re-introduced with more of a game-plan in place at a later date. We look forward to more Twitter updates on this in, oh, another year or so.
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