So, returning [after the nauseating water issue] to what I was originally going to post:

Sunday turned out to be pleasant weather wise. The afternoon saw a large number of people out walking the streets in groups of friends and family. Kids were out with their bikes, some were down the ice edge looking for ice pans to jump on [not many yet as they are all jammed up].

Away from the ice it warmed up to about 15, it sure felt warmer that the official 10 degrees.

This time of year is also the towns clean up time, while there is a modest amount of garbage and litter around it is nothing like past years, the ban on plastic chopping bags sure makes a difference.

Some folks down in Chestertown Maryland see it differently.

. Op-Ed: Plastic Bags the Tipping Point

April 26, 2011 By Cynthia McGinnes

On Easter Sunday, almost 1000 signatures were turned into the Board of Elections from voters who wished to put a Chestertown Town Council ordinance banning plastic bag use on a ballot referendum. This is reportedly the first time in over 30 years that citizens have been motivated to start a petition drive to overturn a Council ordinance. Is it the actual plastic bag ban itself that has caused such a disturbance among the Kent County electorate, is it the process by which it was passed on a 3-2 vote, or is it a symptom of a deeper divide in the whole country between those who put environmental priorities above rescuing our struggling economy?

If you want to read the reminder of the Op-Ed, which incidentally has nothing to do with plastic bags or anything else environmental you can read it, and the comments here.

Makes ya wonder sure.