You cannot make the elites happy

Town Bans Bottled Water Sales:

CONCORD, Mass. -- The town of Concord has banned the sale of bottled drinking water in town beginning in 2011.

"We only have one planet and I just don't want to see it spoiled," said Jean Hill, who introduced the measure at Concord's Town Meeting. ...

Supporters say the production of plastic water bottles uses 17 million barrels of oil each year. The beverage industry opposes the measure.

Commenter shutin seems to hit the nail on the head:

Wasn't it the yuppies who told us all to drink bottled water in the first place some years back ? Now that it's filtered down to the unwashed masses, they want to assert their superiority once again by declaring it declasse. What a sad and embarrassing day for the lovely town of Concord.

Pensieve adds,

I lived in Concord ten years. ... A lot of them are wealthy - as capitalists, why should we conservatives criticize that. Be that aside, it sure was a LIBERAL place. I am glad I moved from it. ... The favorite Concord holiday was Earth Day, much more so than Patriot's Day. Many of townies would drive up to the Earth Day parade with the most gas-guzzling SUVs to be bought, and then have a good cry over the mud turtles, or whatever.

Okay, bottled water is a scam, but if people want to spend more for water than for gasoline, let 'em do it.