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But there seem to be two questions here, t But dear city fathers (and our one city mother, there being only one female elected official in City Hall), can we please, please, not blow this fantastic marketing opportunity and wind up looking lame once again?minding residents to keep plastic grocery bags out of recycling toters has proven to be a challenge for Solid Waste Director Michele Bernier. So, she's hoping a new program will encourage residents to bring reusable grocery bags to the supermarkets - and earn a little money for the school department. "I have been working like a dog to get plastic Gucci shoulder bagbags out of our recycling carts, and then along comes a behavior modification program to do just that. The upside is that our schools can raise some money doing it, too," Bernier said. Each time participants shop at Shaw's and bring their own reusable bags,

 2 cents of every $5 spent will go to a school's parent teacher organization. The city is easing the transition to plastic baglessness by giving away a million free tote bags it’s having made thanks to environmental groups and nonprofits. Angelenos, said City Councilman Paul Koretz, “will be carrying these around for decades.” So what will they look like, these Gucci tote bagmillion message boards? We don’t know! And we should. In fact, we should own this, before anyone owns a single bag. I’m grateful to those nonprofits helping out with these bags, but this space should belong to the city. The city needs to create a city logo for those bags. If they are going to be carried around for years, as Koretz says, they should be imprinting a city message on the world