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Terrie Cook <br /> From: John J. Cotton <br /> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 9:26 PM <br /> To: Terrie Cook <br /> Subject.- Fwd: Form submission from:Ask the Selectmen <br /> For file please 4 <br /> Begin forwarded message: <br /> From: Town of Mashpee MA via Town of Mashpee MA<cmsmailer Ca,/civicplus.com.> <br /> Date: August 22, 2020 at 8:00:04 PM EDT <br /> To: "John J. Cotton" <JCotton@mashpeema.gov> <br /> Subject: Form submission from: Ask the Selectmen <br /> Reply-To: "Town of Mashpee MA" <br /> WARNING! EXTERNAL EMAIL: : This message originated outside the Town of Mashpee <br /> mail system. DO NOT CLICK on links or attachments unless you are absolutely certain the <br /> content is safe. <br /> Submitted on Saturday, August 22,, 2020 - 7:59pm <br /> Submitted values are: <br /> To Whom would you like to direct your comments & questions`? John Cotton <br /> Please include any questions or comments: <br /> Dear Selectman John Cotton, <br /> We'd like to add our voices in support of the ban on he sale of nip bottles <br /> in the town of Mashpee. Over the years, we have collected trash during town <br /> clean up events, beach clean ups on our own, and with the Boy Scouts of Troop <br /> 36. We have personally witnessed a high concentration of nip bottles by the <br /> roadside,, within a short distance of a local liquor store. It's quite obvious <br /> many people who purchase nip bottles are drinking them while driving on RT 28 <br /> and throwing them out the window to avoid being caught with an open <br /> container. We also find them every other place we collect trash, but the most <br /> concerning are the ones that clearly indicate drinking while driving. It has <br /> been said by some that store owners bear no responsibility for the actions of <br /> their customers, however,, we feel it is their civic responsibility to the <br /> town of Mashpee to limit the litter and opportunity for drunk driving created <br /> by the sales of these products. The Bill H2881 being considered by the House <br /> of Representatives would put a 5 cent return deposit on the sale of nip <br /> bottles, but it would do nothing to prevent the problem of drinking while <br /> driving created by their sale. Liquor and covenience stores are highly <br /> profitable businesses, with plenty of other, less destructive, sources of <br /> revenue. Installing can-nisters to collect nip bottles right outside liquor <br /> stores is no solution, since customers would therefore be 'immediately <br /> I <br />