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(MUSIC - \"YANKEE DOODLE\")

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- Yes, I move that the town
vote to ban the sale of water

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in plastic bottles in Concord
starting January 1st, 2011.

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I want to discuss the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch.

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- That\'s way in the Pacific.

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We\'re here in Concord.

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Could you go...

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- I know, but that\'s where
the plastic bottles go.

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- Yep.

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That\'s where they go.

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And could you go on to
the third one, please?

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- I\'ve returned with an article
carefully written as a bylaw.

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I ask for your
support once again.

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- Ms. Hill.

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- Good evening.

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Two years ago, I
began this effort

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because my grandson
Mack told me about

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the disastrous
environmental effect

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of empty plastic bottles.

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- What\'s the problem
with Concord right now?

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- Yeah, there\'s a woman
in town who has...

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for the past three years, she\'s
been trying to ban the sale

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of bottled water.

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- Ban the sale of what?

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(LAUGHTER)

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- I know, I know it sounds
crazy Dan, and I\'m with you.

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She wants to ban the
sale of bottled water...

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- Bottled water?

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- Yes, bottled water.

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(DOORBELL)

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- Hi, would you
sign my petition?

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- Oh, I don\'t agree with that.

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- OK.

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Well, thanks, anyhow.

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Bye.

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- I think of all towns where
freedom should be protected,

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I mean, Concord is where
it should be protected.

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- I\'m back with a bottle ban.

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People sort of flee
when they see me

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because they know they\'re going
to get a little sermonette.

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(DOORBELL)

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- Why in a town like Concord...

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(DOORBELL)

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when we recycle?

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Go find another town
in Massachusetts

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where they\'re not doing
a great job recycling.

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Doesn\'t that make more
sense than removing

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the single most healthy
beverage that\'s contained

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in plastic on the market?

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- Well, she has twins
and she\'s pretty busy.

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She\'s probably in the
middle of giving them

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one of their snacks.

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OK, well, onward and upward.

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I consider myself a warrior.

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I live in Concord
and I\'m trying to get

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plastic water bottles banned.

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And warriors have to be
prepared for any enemy.

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Boy, it\'s a mess in there.

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Looks like someone\'s
just moved in.

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I think I\'ll skip this one.

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- These ideas that
we can actually

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have free choice in what
we buy and how we shop,

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they\'re under attack right
now by one bill, one person.

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- She\'s a prophet.

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People think prophets are crazy.

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But honestly, over
time, you think

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they\'re less crazy
because you realize

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they\'re on to something.

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- I\'m no prophet.

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I\'m the right person, and
this is the right time.

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- My name is Eric Van Loon.

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I\'m the elected town
moderator here in Concord.

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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Concord is a very special
community in American history.

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There were lots of reasons to be
attracted to living in Concord.

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- This cheese will reportedly
be the largest wheel

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of Italian cheese anywhere
in the Western hemisphere.

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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- We have everything from
Walden Pond and Luisa May Alcott

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to Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Henry David Thoreau,

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plus the key role that Concord
played in the Revolutionary War

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once the embattled farmers
stood and fired the shot heard

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round the world at the old North
Bridge a half mile from here.

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- I think it really
started in Lexington,

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but then it came to Concord.

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And Concord was where they
stood up against the British.

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\"By the rude bridge
that arched the flood,

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their flag to April\'s
breeze unfurled.

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Here, once, the
embattled farmer stood...

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- Raise arms.

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- Raise arms.

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- and fired the shot
heard \'round the world.\"

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I find that very moving.

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To me, it symbolizes the
same thing that I\'m doing.

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And so it\'ll be the second
shot heard \'round the world.

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That\'s pretty corny,
but it will be.

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I\'m doing it because I know
it\'s right and I know it\'s just.

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- Over here, ma\'am.

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Have a seat.

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- Thank you, sir.

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- Yeah, you\'re welcome.

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Take care of yourself.

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- I will.

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I\'m Jean Hill, and
this is where I live.

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The address is 24 Concord
Green, Apartment 5.

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And I\'ve been living
here quite a long time

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and I like it very much.

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Here it is.

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Oh, I remember this so well.

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This is 73 Monument Street,
where my husband and I raised

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our four children.

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My husband died in \'06.

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For a year, I was
mourning, but after

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that I realized that for
the first time in my life

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I was not responsible to
anyone and I could do anything

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I pleased.

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I didn\'t have to do any
cooking for my kids,

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I didn\'t have to worry
about my husband.

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And I liked that,
but I did find it

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necessary to find
some kind of activity.

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And that\'s when
I started working

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against plastic bottles.

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My grandson, Mack...

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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I was visiting their house one
day and Mack said, \"You know,

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Grandma, there are big bunches
of plastic in the ocean

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and it\'s really terrible.\"

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He was a smart little kid and
he looked it up on the computer.

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You\'re the source
of all this trouble.

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Then I started thinking on
it and using the internet

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to get information.

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This is the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch.

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There it is.

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And it is an amazing mass.

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Look at the size of those gyres,
and there are so many of them.

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Do you have the
Concord Journal yet?

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- Yes, ma\'am, right
on the bottom shelf.

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- OK.

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You have the best
butcher in town.

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- Thank you very much.

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- Now I need that penny...

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- Thank you very much.

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- because every penny helps.

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- Absolutely.

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There you go, you
gave me one too many.

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Thank you.

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- Thank you.

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- Bye, now.

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- Bye-bye.

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\"Bottled water debate resumes.\"

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The more ink you
get, the better.

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On and on the debate goes.

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- Democracy is alive and well
in Concord, and lots of people

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have points of
views on everything

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and they\'re all very articulate.

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- As a community, there\'s no
community in the United States

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that\'s ever made
a community choice

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to eliminate a product such
as single serve bottled water.

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- People want to drink
water, and as a merchant

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it\'s my job to give
people what they want.

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The packaging is not as
important as the product.

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- This land has
been in agriculture

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back before the
settlers came, and it

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seems the Indians didn\'t have
a very good immigration policy

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and they lost the land
to some of the intruders.

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And this was part of the land
taken by the King of England

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when they came.

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76 years I\'ve lived in Concord,
which actually is about

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a fifth of the town\'s history.

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I\'m opposed to the
bottled water ban,

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I think that people should be
able to make their own choice.

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I don\'t drink it, never
bought a bottle in my life.

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But I think people
should be able to choose.

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- Imagine how our Founding
Fathers would feel now if after

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writing the Declaration
of Independence...

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Which talks about life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness...

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If they heard hundreds
of years later,

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you wouldn\'t even have the
freedom to even be able to buy

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water.

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It\'s not crack or heroin.

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It\'s water.

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Let\'s keep this in
perspective, OK?

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- It\'s also, I think, a
pretty slippery slope when

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you start trying to make
healthy legal items illegal.

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I don\'t know where it
starts and where it ends,

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but I think it\'s a
pretty slippery slope

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to start to take away the
freedom of choice for people.

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(DRUM ROLL)

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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- Live free or die,
because death is not

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the worst of all evils.

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Slavery is.

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(GUNSHOT)

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(CAR ALARM)

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- I\'m Chuck Hacala, captain of
the Bedford Minutemen Company.

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We are here today for the
Meriam Corner Exercise,

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and our company is specifically
invited to this event

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because we carry the
Bedford flag, which

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was the only flag carried at
the Battle of Concord in 1775.

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We have lots of things, lots of
laws that attack our freedoms.

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I can\'t just go out and drive
200 miles an hour in my car.

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I would like to have
that freedom, maybe,

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but we decide as
a group that, no,

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we\'re going to actually
put in some laws

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that limit our
behaviors but in what we

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consider a positive way.

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So I think, again, it\'s
up to the people that

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want to ban the bottles
to convince the larger

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community that this is
really good for everybody.

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And if they can
convince enough people,

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then I think it\'s perfectly
fine to ban something

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like bottled water.

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- Well, what I\'m doing is I have
a petition Article, number 32

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on the town warrant,
and that is to ban

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the sale of drinking
water in plastic bottles

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in the town of Concord.

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- I don\'t think we have
that kind of problem.

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I think those have
been overblown a lot

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in the last several years.

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Why put more burdens of
people than they already have?

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- Well, because only
20% of the plastic water

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bottles are recycled.

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- How do we know that, though?

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What\'s our statistics for that?

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- You can find out a lot
about all these issues

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if you go to Corporate
Accountability

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International in Boston.

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They have tobacco...

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things...

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what did you do?

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Why did you kill that bug?

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Well, I don\'t want
to argue with you.

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- No, I don\'t either.

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- But...

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- I would say you\'re
probably the Goliath

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and I think the Davids
are the folks that

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are going to probably
want to drink their water.

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- No.

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- We\'ll proceed initially with
the discussion of Article 38.

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- Hello?

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Oh.

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(LAUGHTER)

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- Hello.

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- OK, I guess it\'s on.

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- Please identify yourself.

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- I\'m Jean Hill, and I
live at 24 Concord Green.

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- And I\'m Jill Appel, and I
live at 244 Caterina Heights.

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- We\'re a team.

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- Thank you very much.

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- I\'m the perspiration,
she\'s the inspiration.

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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When I first met
Jean, I wasn\'t really

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compelled to think of bottled
water in the way that I do now.

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People said, \"Oh, bottled
water, bottled water, what

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a small thing\", and
\"You\'re not going

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to make a big difference\",
and things like that.

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And I have to admit my first
reaction also was, jeez,

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what are we talking about here?

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You know, water in
plastic bottles?

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Come on.

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But throughout my
research I guess

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I found that bottled water
is really the epitome,

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it is the poster child
for unsustainability.

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And the more I learned
about the issue,

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the more I realized that
she\'s got something.

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It\'s really important.

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Even when you can
make a small change,

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that small change could
have a big impact.

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- I think Jill realized
that I needed help,

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because I\'m a loner and she
knows the way the town works.

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She\'s much better at that.

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So we make... together
we make a very good team.

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- We\'re both strong women.

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When I get out of
line, Jean\'ll tell me.

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And when Jean...

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when I need to rope
Jean in, I\'ll tell her.

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So I think there\'s a
lot of mutual respect.

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- Because I have the passion
and she has the know-how,

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and that works.

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- I think this is a time
where one community can

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put its foot down
and say \"We\'re going

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to take a stand
against this product

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because it\'s an
unsustainable product.\"

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I think the time is right.

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Good morning, Jean!

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- Good morning, Jill.

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- How are you?

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- Here, I\'m all set
for the coordinations.

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- I heard, I called ahead.

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My focus is more at
the community level,

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because you have to think global
but work at the local level

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to make things happen.

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And I guess within
the town of Concord,

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I feel there\'s a
good community that\'s

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supportive of
environmental issues.

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This is the kind of
place where we can

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get some of this stuff done.

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Thank you so much
for coming today.

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And thank you for
participating in this,

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because I think we
have an opportunity

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to really make history here.

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The Article that we\'ve got this
year is basically the same.

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It still focuses on
single serve bottles only,

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of one liter or less.

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So the gallon jugs are not
covered by the Article.

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There still is an
exemption for emergencies.

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The deal on this is
not about the fines,

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it\'s about making a statement
about an unsustainable product

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that we would choose not
to have in our community.

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So our goal this year is to
really reach out and just get

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votes.

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- Each person has their
own circle of friends.

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And so if you can spread
the word among your friends,

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that\'ll be a big help.

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- The idea is that we\'re quietly
going about gathering votes

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from sympathetic people.

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We appreciate your
coming tonight

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and look forward to working
with you on the campaign.

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- One of the key features
of Town Meeting...

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And this goes back
in Massachusetts law

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and the Constitution for
really hundred of years...

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Is the right of individual
citizens to bring a measure

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to a vote at Town Meeting.

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And the bar is very, very low.

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10 signatures is all that\'s
required to get a warrant

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Article before the town.

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- Well, I\'m tickled that
I got so many signatures.

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Many more than I need.

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The minimum is 10, but I
got much more than that.

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Hello, Anita.

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- How are you doing?

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Nice to see you again.

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Stamp them in for you, so that
we know that you\'ve got them

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in on time...

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- Yup.

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- by the deadline,
and this looks great.

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Best of luck with this, Jean.

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- Thank you.

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- And it was nice to see you.

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- Thank you.

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- And happy new year.

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- Bye-bye,

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- Bye, Arlene.

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Well, that\'s done.

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Now I just have to finish it.

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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- When I think back to
the Founding Fathers

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and the radical thought
that was going on there,

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these are people who realized
the world was changing.

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And they wanted to change
it into a better place.

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They were leaving behind
the feudal system,

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the absolute monarchal systems
that had dominated in Europe,

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and saying \"We need
a new world order.\"

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And they were radicals, that\'s
what they\'re fighting for.

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They were fighting for ideals.

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I\'m Bob Lawson.

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- I\'m Bill Turville.

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This is our sculpture.

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Bob\'s idea, my assistance
in realizing it.

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- My concept of putting
together the sculpture...

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right now, it\'s really
to support Jean\'s Article

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and I hope it helps
that thing pass.

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When this is finished, it\'ll
be comprised of 1,500 water

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bottles... 1,500.

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And that\'s the number
that are consumed

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every second in the United
States, just the United States

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alone.

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Every second of every day, all
these bottles and the ones you

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saw on the wall there
came from one family...

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One family... who recycles
them, but I would get to...

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I noticed how many they were
getting rid of every week

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and I would get there before
the recycling truck came.

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And I would just
take their recycling,

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and I\'d throw them in my thing.

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We\'re not the radicals.

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Just like Jean... the people,
Jean Hill, and Jill Appel,

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and everyone who\'s
going to vote for them,

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they are not the radicals.

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The radicals are
the people who think

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that we can alter the chemistry
of our Earth, for profit.

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For profit.

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This is what this
is, this is profit.

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These companies
need to sell more.

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They couldn\'t sell more
Coke and Pepsi and all that,

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so they decided to sell water.

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- What\'s the first reason I\'m
helping out in the campaign?

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Well, the first reason I\'m
helping out in the campaign

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is because my
mother asked me to.

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(LAUGHTER)

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People are already dying
from climate change,

00:20:55.626 --> 00:20:57.999
and people are already
suffering from climate change,

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and it\'s going to
get a lot worse.

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You have to say, when
people talk about choice,

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and \"I\'d like to be able to
go down buy bottled water\"...

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you don\'t make a
choice in a vacuum.

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- I think we have to have
some component within

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the presentation that
talks about litigation...

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- Yeah.

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- and I think we ought to
make it clear to the people

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in the room that we
expect to get sued.

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(LAUGHTER)

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- All right, well, if you are
going to make that point I

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think you should not fail to
underline we\'re being picked

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on by a giant bully who\'s
much more powerful...

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- That\'s right, and Concord
doesn\'t respond well

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to bullies.

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- I thought of a visual of the
bottled water industry dressed

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in red coats shooting bottled
water saying \"Drink up,

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Concord.

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Or else.\"

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And I just...

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I like that kind of
visual piece because I

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think we have to come
right out and say,

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we had some bullies
in here 200 years ago.

00:21:45.626 --> 00:21:46.750
All right, do the math.

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250 years ago...

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- And we\'ll be firing...

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- whatever.

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- We\'ll be firing the second
shot heard \'round the world.

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- And are we going to
let them intimidate us?

00:21:57.292 --> 00:21:59.792
(MUSIC PLAYING)

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It\'s a big industry.

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It\'s a big industry to
try and... you know,

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it\'s David and Goliath here.

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- Yeah.

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Well, do you look at the
size of their postcards?

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Last year, we sent one out.

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It was this big.

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And their postcard was
this big last year.

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Now it\'s even bigger and
there are three of them.

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- This is power.

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This is power.

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- Yeah, really.

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We\'re big.

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We\'re powerful.

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We\'re going to take
up your whole mailbox.

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- And we\'re going to send
two of them to every...

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- It\'s kind of intimidating.

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- Just got this in
the mail yesterday.

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And so, they\'re coming up
with some pretty big graphics

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and really trying
to catch your eye.

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And that\'s why I\'m trying
to catch some eyes too,

00:22:37.584 --> 00:22:39.041
to counteract this.

00:22:39.042 --> 00:22:42.124
But this is what we\'re
dealing with in Concord now.

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It\'s getting hot
and heavy this week.

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- But you can see they\'re
working at every demographic

00:22:45.626 --> 00:22:46.375
here.

00:22:46.375 --> 00:22:47.000
- Yeah.

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.000
- Let\'s get the...

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- Oh, yeah, look at this.

00:22:49.375 --> 00:22:52.249
The moms, the soccer
moms, the kids.

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- I\'m a little alarmed
to see all the ads

00:22:54.250 --> 00:22:54.876
that have come around.

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Did you see the...

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- Well, they always do that.

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It\'s...

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- Do they?

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The postcards that
came to all of us?

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- all of it, propaganda.

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- Oh my gosh.

00:23:01.585 --> 00:23:03.541
It\'s like 8 and a 1/2 by 11\".

00:23:03.542 --> 00:23:04.334
- Yeah, it\'s huge.

00:23:04.334 --> 00:23:05.334
- \"A ban will cost...\"

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Oh, we\'re looking
at the cost angle.

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Oh my gosh.

00:23:10.292 --> 00:23:14.082
Concord has a history
of not giving in,

00:23:14.083 --> 00:23:16.124
as the seat of the
American Revolution.

00:23:16.125 --> 00:23:19.998
I mean, the penalty at that
point in time was death.

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You know, I mean you
went out with your musket

00:23:22.042 --> 00:23:24.082
and you didn\'t know whether
you were coming back.

00:23:24.083 --> 00:23:27.124
And here we\'re talking
about bottled water,

00:23:27.125 --> 00:23:29.124
for crying out loud.

00:23:29.125 --> 00:23:32.417
(MUSIC PLAYING)

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- I think the story concerning
Jean Hill and her request

00:23:37.584 --> 00:23:40.917
to ban the sale of bottled water
in the town really goes back

00:23:40.918 --> 00:23:45.374
two years, and a Town Meeting we
had two years ago seemed to me

00:23:45.375 --> 00:23:47.208
to be very pro-environment.

00:23:47.209 --> 00:23:49.583
- I\'ve brought my
own here tonight,

00:23:49.584 --> 00:23:51.082
filled from the kitchen tap.

00:23:51.083 --> 00:23:53.833
- However Jean\'s
article, as you know,

00:23:53.834 --> 00:23:55.541
had some flaws in
the writing of it

00:23:55.542 --> 00:23:57.208
and the Attorney
General of Massachusetts

00:23:57.209 --> 00:23:59.791
found that it was unenforceable.

00:23:59.792 --> 00:24:03.583
And then in 2011, Jean
resubmitted the article.

00:24:03.584 --> 00:24:05.999
The mood of Town
Meeting had changed.

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:08.416
- and what democracy
means to me is freedom.

00:24:08.417 --> 00:24:10.999
And one of those core
freedoms is for Americans

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.041
to be able to choose what it is
they eat, drink, and consume.

00:24:15.042 --> 00:24:18.541
- Jean, as determined as she
is, this is her life\'s work

00:24:18.542 --> 00:24:20.998
and this is her
major contribution.

00:24:20.999 --> 00:24:23.416
And she\'s determined
to go back this year.

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- Good morning.

00:24:24.376 --> 00:24:28.791
Last year, I believe that I
had enough supporters to win.

00:24:28.792 --> 00:24:33.166
However the vote was not called
until very late, by which time

00:24:33.167 --> 00:24:35.875
my weary supporters
had departed.

00:24:35.876 --> 00:24:38.791
- Town Meeting is very
much by the people

00:24:38.792 --> 00:24:40.833
and of the people for sure.

00:24:40.834 --> 00:24:44.750
It\'s one of the oldest forms of
government in the United States

00:24:44.751 --> 00:24:46.958
and yet, except for
here in New England,

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:49.208
most people don\'t
really know about it.

00:24:49.209 --> 00:24:56.917
On Article 38, the vote in favor
was 265... the vote opposed,

00:24:56.918 --> 00:24:58.750
272.

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So it fails to pass
by seven votes.

00:25:01.626 --> 00:25:04.959
(APPLAUSE)

00:25:07.334 --> 00:25:11.458
- So I lost by seven votes.

00:25:11.459 --> 00:25:15.291
I can remember Jill just... she
was so disappointed she just

00:25:15.292 --> 00:25:16.917
ran out.

00:25:16.918 --> 00:25:20.458
And I just sat there stunned.

00:25:20.459 --> 00:25:23.708
- We can be fierce as
lions if we\'re challenged,

00:25:23.709 --> 00:25:27.291
and we will stand our ground
as we have done in the past,

00:25:27.292 --> 00:25:28.791
and we will triumph in the end.

00:25:28.792 --> 00:25:31.750
And I just want to
say congratulations

00:25:31.751 --> 00:25:34.583
to Jean Hill, who\'s worked
so hard for so long,

00:25:34.584 --> 00:25:36.541
and I hope we see her next year.

00:25:36.542 --> 00:25:37.542
Thank you.

00:25:41.125 --> 00:25:45.417
- I am going on
this journey again.

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:58.083
Some of these trees or so old.

00:26:12.417 --> 00:26:15.791
- Town Manager serves as chief
executive officer for the town,

00:26:15.792 --> 00:26:18.333
and I work for a
five member elected,

00:26:18.334 --> 00:26:21.917
non-paid Board of Selectmen,
who jointly share executive

00:26:21.918 --> 00:26:23.208
authority with the Town Manager.

00:26:23.209 --> 00:26:26.583
And I\'ve been in my job here
in Concord for about 18 years.

00:26:26.584 --> 00:26:28.208
I have gone back
and forth on it,

00:26:28.209 --> 00:26:32.291
because I\'m sympathetic with the
local merchants in particular,

00:26:32.292 --> 00:26:35.666
and we really want
to try to keep

00:26:35.667 --> 00:26:37.291
shopping viable in Concord.

00:26:37.292 --> 00:26:38.209
We\'re a small town.

00:26:38.210 --> 00:26:41.166
It\'s tough for small
merchants to make a go of it

00:26:41.167 --> 00:26:43.333
with such a small
population base.

00:26:43.334 --> 00:26:48.333
My prediction is... I
guess if asked today,

00:26:48.334 --> 00:26:51.750
five months before Town
Meeting convenes...

00:26:51.751 --> 00:26:54.333
That they would probably
be predisposed to say that

00:26:54.334 --> 00:26:55.583
we\'ve already discussed this.

00:26:55.584 --> 00:26:57.416
We decided last year
we don\'t want to do it,

00:26:57.417 --> 00:27:00.291
and we still don\'t
want to do it.

00:27:00.292 --> 00:27:02.416
- The room across the hall
is the Selectmen\'s room,

00:27:02.417 --> 00:27:04.041
and that\'s where the
Board of Selectmen

00:27:04.042 --> 00:27:07.998
meet and make the executive
decisions on a weekly basis.

00:27:07.999 --> 00:27:12.166
Their meetings are recorded
and rebroadcast on TV.

00:27:12.167 --> 00:27:14.541
- and also our snow and
ice account seems to still be

00:27:14.542 --> 00:27:15.334
in good shape.

00:27:15.335 --> 00:27:17.416
(LAUGHTER)

00:27:17.417 --> 00:27:20.750
- You\'re not relinquishing
it yet, however, right?

00:27:20.751 --> 00:27:24.124
It being a couple of
minutes past 8:00,

00:27:24.125 --> 00:27:28.416
I\'m going to skip ahead on
the agenda to the presentation

00:27:28.417 --> 00:27:31.416
on Article 32 by Jean Hill.

00:27:31.417 --> 00:27:35.208
- This year\'s presentation
will be similar to last year\'s

00:27:35.209 --> 00:27:38.333
and will reflect the
feedback we received.

00:27:38.334 --> 00:27:39.998
- You know, I think
the important thing

00:27:39.999 --> 00:27:42.791
to know about the Article
is that it\'s really not

00:27:42.792 --> 00:27:43.875
about the fines.

00:27:43.876 --> 00:27:47.583
It\'s really about the
community making a choice

00:27:47.584 --> 00:27:48.375
around this product.

00:27:48.376 --> 00:27:49.875
- Changing behavior and
changing the culture.

00:27:49.876 --> 00:27:51.249
- Changing behavior
with something

00:27:51.250 --> 00:27:54.666
that sticks, and
that\'s meaningful.

00:27:54.667 --> 00:27:55.584
- Thank you very much.

00:27:55.584 --> 00:27:56.334
- OK, great.

00:27:56.335 --> 00:27:57.791
Appreciate your
coming in tonight.

00:27:57.792 --> 00:27:58.751
- Thank you very much.

00:27:58.751 --> 00:27:58.790
- Thanks, Jill.

00:27:58.791 --> 00:28:00.791
- And we will be taking a
position at a future meeting.

00:28:00.792 --> 00:28:01.626
- Thank you for letting us come.

00:28:01.626 --> 00:28:02.083
- Admire your persistence.

00:28:02.084 --> 00:28:04.082
- Look forward to
seeing you again.

00:28:04.083 --> 00:28:08.208
- Well I\'m 84 and I\'m still
going, so I hope to...

00:28:08.209 --> 00:28:08.918
- Keep it up.

00:28:08.918 --> 00:28:09.626
We appreciate it.

00:28:09.627 --> 00:28:11.333
- Time is a winged
chariot at my heels.

00:28:11.334 --> 00:28:14.709
(LAUGHTER)

00:28:16.667 --> 00:28:20.000
- The industry has been
active yet not visible.

00:28:23.709 --> 00:28:26.416
My belief is they\'re
using our local... well,

00:28:26.417 --> 00:28:28.166
he actually doesn\'t
live in town...

00:28:28.167 --> 00:28:32.791
The owner of our local grocery
store to make their case.

00:28:32.792 --> 00:28:37.541
The local grocery store now
has a big bottled water vending

00:28:37.542 --> 00:28:41.541
area with cases of single
serve bottled water,

00:28:41.542 --> 00:28:44.166
as well as apparently
a big poster

00:28:44.167 --> 00:28:47.998
on why people are supposed
to vote against Article 32,

00:28:47.999 --> 00:28:50.708
because it\'s going to
hurt local businesses.

00:28:50.709 --> 00:28:52.958
The owner of the
store is Jim Crosby.

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:55.416
The name of the store
is Crosby\'s Market.

00:28:55.417 --> 00:28:58.959
(MUSIC PLAYING)

00:29:13.834 --> 00:29:16.999
- Hi I\'m Jim Crosby, I own and
operate Crosby\'s Marketplace

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.082
in Concord, Mass.

00:29:18.083 --> 00:29:20.291
We\'ve been there
for 32 years, and we

00:29:20.292 --> 00:29:23.541
appreciate your business.

00:29:23.542 --> 00:29:25.666
We\'re a fairly small store,
so this is pretty much

00:29:25.667 --> 00:29:29.416
our water display.

00:29:29.417 --> 00:29:32.791
But I mean, everything that
isn\'t gallons or two and a half

00:29:32.792 --> 00:29:34.998
gallons is all single serve.

00:29:34.999 --> 00:29:38.333
So basically all of this,
all of this, all of that

00:29:38.334 --> 00:29:40.875
would be under one liter.

00:29:40.876 --> 00:29:42.458
I\'m the chair of the
Massachusetts Food

00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:45.625
Association this year.

00:29:45.626 --> 00:29:47.082
I\'ll retire after this year.

00:29:47.083 --> 00:29:51.374
Well, it represents really
the entire industry.

00:29:51.375 --> 00:29:54.041
And it\'s a
legislative area where

00:29:54.042 --> 00:29:56.666
we\'ll look for things that
we have a common desire.

00:29:56.667 --> 00:29:59.541
Last year, it was increasing
the number of liquor licenses

00:29:59.542 --> 00:30:03.416
that were available for food
stores from three to five.

00:30:03.417 --> 00:30:05.958
This year, the major focus
is on eliminating the need

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:08.166
to price every single
item in the store.

00:30:08.167 --> 00:30:10.291
It\'s issues like that
that I think we all

00:30:10.292 --> 00:30:13.875
have a common desire.

00:30:13.876 --> 00:30:16.249
I have mixed emotions of even
getting involved with this,

00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:18.458
but I do think that
it\'s dangerous enough

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:20.666
to try to take a position.

00:30:20.667 --> 00:30:22.751
I run a certain amount
of personal risk with it.

00:30:35.083 --> 00:30:39.041
- Next on our agenda, we have
response to the plastic bottle

00:30:39.042 --> 00:30:40.998
warrant article.

00:30:40.999 --> 00:30:43.541
And Mr. Jim Crosby
of Crosby\'s Market

00:30:43.542 --> 00:30:45.082
is here to speak with us.

00:30:45.083 --> 00:30:46.750
- Thank you for the opportunity.

00:30:46.751 --> 00:30:49.124
Basically, being in the
business for 50 years,

00:30:49.125 --> 00:30:51.416
I can assure you
that this could cause

00:30:51.417 --> 00:30:54.291
some really serious damage
to the local businesses

00:30:54.292 --> 00:30:56.291
in Concord.

00:30:56.292 --> 00:30:59.958
Water is a huge category
now, and growing tremendously

00:30:59.959 --> 00:31:01.666
over the last decade.

00:31:01.667 --> 00:31:05.208
It\'s 30% of the entire
beverage category.

00:31:05.209 --> 00:31:09.998
And of the water category, 50%
is in the single serve water

00:31:09.999 --> 00:31:12.333
size under one liter.

00:31:12.334 --> 00:31:14.833
People in Concord, as you
know, are very active:

00:31:14.834 --> 00:31:17.999
They walk, they jog,
they are into athletics,

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.708
they march in parades.

00:31:19.709 --> 00:31:22.041
And the single serve
water, obviously,

00:31:22.042 --> 00:31:24.625
is the most efficient
and most convenient

00:31:24.626 --> 00:31:27.082
form for people to hydrate.

00:31:27.083 --> 00:31:29.833
I\'d ask your consideration
in certainly not recommending

00:31:29.834 --> 00:31:30.958
this.

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:33.998
- I\'m curious, have
you been approached

00:31:33.999 --> 00:31:37.875
by anybody from the
bottle industry on this?

00:31:37.876 --> 00:31:41.166
- Well, I am aware of the
International Bottle Water

00:31:41.167 --> 00:31:45.708
Association, in terms
of their concern.

00:31:45.709 --> 00:31:48.458
You\'re dealing with some fairly
heavy companies... Nestle,

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:52.875
Coke, Pepsi, those
particular organizations.

00:31:52.876 --> 00:31:55.417
But beyond that, I don\'t
really have any knowledge of...

00:31:58.042 --> 00:31:59.875
- OK, so you\'re not
speaking for them?

00:31:59.876 --> 00:32:00.834
- Oh, absolutely not.

00:32:00.835 --> 00:32:02.583
- You\'re speaking on behalf
of Crosby\'s Market...

00:32:02.584 --> 00:32:02.876
- That\'s right.

00:32:02.877 --> 00:32:03.999
- and other local merchants.

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.000
- Right.

00:32:08.792 --> 00:32:12.666
- I find it amazing
that Jim Crosby

00:32:12.667 --> 00:32:15.041
is inflammatory
toward us and we are

00:32:15.042 --> 00:32:16.999
so afraid to go back at them.

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:19.998
- Crosby is not the
bottled water industry.

00:32:19.999 --> 00:32:22.458
- He is now gone to
the Board of Selectmen,

00:32:22.459 --> 00:32:24.583
he\'s been on the
front page, he\'s

00:32:24.584 --> 00:32:26.208
written a letter to the editor.

00:32:26.209 --> 00:32:30.291
- I\'m not saying that it\'s
not appalling that he\'s...

00:32:30.292 --> 00:32:32.333
- He\'s the front man
for the industry.

00:32:32.334 --> 00:32:33.334
- We can\'t prove that...

00:32:33.335 --> 00:32:35.541
- Why else would he come out...?

00:32:35.542 --> 00:32:38.875
- well, it is going to
be bad for his business.

00:32:38.876 --> 00:32:41.708
- Why would he come out
in such a formal way?

00:32:41.709 --> 00:32:44.917
Perhaps he\'s getting a lot of
pressure from the industry.

00:32:44.918 --> 00:32:47.791
I mean, it\'s a very visible
step forward that he\'s taken.

00:32:47.792 --> 00:32:49.999
We never saw him last year.

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.167
We never even saw him.

00:32:57.042 --> 00:33:01.917
- I\'m determined that
this bottle ban will pass.

00:33:01.918 --> 00:33:05.958
What happens is that once
we do that, other towns will

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:07.666
say, \"Well, we can do it.

00:33:07.667 --> 00:33:09.458
If Concord did it,
we can do it too.\"

00:33:09.459 --> 00:33:12.999
And it will spread like
a stone in the water,

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:15.791
and the rings going around it.

00:33:15.792 --> 00:33:18.374
Thanks so much for
having this party, Peggy.

00:33:18.375 --> 00:33:20.082
- Well, it\'s fun to
sit on the stone wall

00:33:20.083 --> 00:33:22.166
and watch the parade go by.

00:33:22.167 --> 00:33:25.291
- Oh I know, and you\'re
so nice to have us here.

00:33:25.292 --> 00:33:27.082
- Well, I\'m wishing
you luck on...

00:33:27.083 --> 00:33:28.583
- You know what.

00:33:28.584 --> 00:33:30.666
- down at Town Meeting.

00:33:30.667 --> 00:33:34.958
- Well I wouldn\'t say that
Jean Hill is a typical Concord

00:33:34.959 --> 00:33:37.249
resident, but I would
say that there\'s

00:33:37.250 --> 00:33:41.374
a long history of
individual citizens

00:33:41.375 --> 00:33:45.583
who feel strongly about an
issue and bringing it forward

00:33:45.584 --> 00:33:46.375
to Town Meeting.

00:33:46.376 --> 00:33:50.625
And I mentioned
last year, the woman

00:33:50.626 --> 00:33:53.417
who brought the right to dry
clothes on a clothesline.

00:33:58.125 --> 00:34:02.541
- (SINGING) The answer my
friends is blowing in the wind.

00:34:02.542 --> 00:34:07.917
The answer is
blowing in the wind.

00:34:07.918 --> 00:34:12.666
Take a picture of my
flag, the tattered Earth.

00:34:12.667 --> 00:34:17.249
My name is Peggy Brace, lived
in Concord for about 35 years,

00:34:17.250 --> 00:34:21.249
and presented an article at
Town Meeting two years ago

00:34:21.250 --> 00:34:23.291
on the right to dry clothes.

00:34:23.292 --> 00:34:27.416
And it passed with
flying colors.

00:34:27.417 --> 00:34:30.625
Because this is our own
single house, we can dry here.

00:34:30.626 --> 00:34:33.791
There\'s no problem with
me drying my clothes here.

00:34:33.792 --> 00:34:38.917
But people who live in condos
or restricted communities can\'t.

00:34:38.918 --> 00:34:41.458
And it seems horrendous
that you\'re not

00:34:41.459 --> 00:34:45.458
allowed to save energy,
against the law to save energy.

00:34:45.459 --> 00:34:49.291
I mean, in this day and age,
it doesn\'t make too much sense.

00:34:49.292 --> 00:34:54.625
So this is for other people
who don\'t have the permission

00:34:54.626 --> 00:34:56.583
to hang up.

00:34:56.584 --> 00:34:59.999
My grandmother dried
laundry, my mother did,

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.082
and I just instinctively
always hung out the laundry.

00:35:04.083 --> 00:35:06.583
I think it takes about
a minute and a half

00:35:06.584 --> 00:35:09.998
to do a pair of sheets,
and about four minutes

00:35:09.999 --> 00:35:13.082
for a big huge
load, so what are we

00:35:13.083 --> 00:35:16.124
doing that we can\'t take
five minutes out of our life

00:35:16.125 --> 00:35:19.374
to hang up the laundry?

00:35:19.375 --> 00:35:23.583
Here\'s Betty White
from television,

00:35:23.584 --> 00:35:27.208
and Jean Hill who\'s
into the bottle bill,

00:35:27.209 --> 00:35:28.833
and a sketch of me.

00:35:28.834 --> 00:35:31.625
The artist had never seen me
and there\'s no pictures of me

00:35:31.626 --> 00:35:34.708
in the paper so I don\'t know how
they knew what I looked like,

00:35:34.709 --> 00:35:38.875
but it\'s kind of nice haircut
and a nice blue dress.

00:35:38.876 --> 00:35:43.041
This appeared in the Sunday
Globe, \"Grand Ambitions.\"

00:35:43.042 --> 00:35:47.416
This is somebody who wrote
about Concord ladies trying

00:35:47.417 --> 00:35:49.541
to change the world.

00:35:49.542 --> 00:35:50.833
- Hello?

00:35:50.834 --> 00:35:51.542
- Jill?

00:35:51.542 --> 00:35:52.000
- Yes?

00:35:52.001 --> 00:35:53.750
- Hi, this is Jean Hill calling.

00:35:53.751 --> 00:35:54.584
- Hi.

00:35:54.585 --> 00:35:57.249
- I know that your
position in the past

00:35:57.250 --> 00:36:00.666
has been in opposition
to my bottle bill.

00:36:00.667 --> 00:36:01.958
- It still is.

00:36:01.959 --> 00:36:03.291
- And it still is.

00:36:03.292 --> 00:36:07.208
Are you aware that the
permafrost in the North Pole

00:36:07.209 --> 00:36:08.541
has melted?

00:36:08.542 --> 00:36:10.625
- And banning water
bottles in Concord

00:36:10.626 --> 00:36:11.833
is not going to cure it.

00:36:11.834 --> 00:36:14.958
- Well it\'s going to help,
because the bottle...

00:36:14.959 --> 00:36:15.876
- No, Jean.

00:36:15.877 --> 00:36:19.124
We need to do this as a
whole world and nation.

00:36:19.125 --> 00:36:21.458
- Well, we do have
to do it gradually.

00:36:21.459 --> 00:36:26.583
- Yeah, but I think doing it
in Concord is not my style.

00:36:26.584 --> 00:36:27.917
- OK, well that\'s all right.

00:36:27.918 --> 00:36:28.417
I understand.

00:36:28.418 --> 00:36:29.791
- Have fun without me.

00:36:29.792 --> 00:36:31.041
- OK, happy new year.

00:36:31.042 --> 00:36:31.876
- Happy new year.

00:36:31.876 --> 00:36:32.876
Bye.

00:36:32.877 --> 00:36:35.583
- Asshole.

00:36:35.584 --> 00:36:37.083
How do I get the
hell out of here?

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:42.291
Eventually I will.

00:36:42.292 --> 00:36:43.541
That\'s life.

00:36:43.542 --> 00:36:49.875
And if you want to do
something worthwhile

00:36:49.876 --> 00:36:57.876
you have to expect rebuttals,
and you have to work at it

00:36:58.042 --> 00:37:00.583
and have a thick skin.

00:37:00.584 --> 00:37:04.291
But my feeling is that
I want to be all used up

00:37:04.292 --> 00:37:07.666
before I go on to
another world where there

00:37:07.667 --> 00:37:09.999
are no plastic water bottles.

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.791
- I like bottled water and I
like having it as an option.

00:37:12.792 --> 00:37:15.249
If Jean Hill and
her supporters want

00:37:15.250 --> 00:37:19.291
to move our town forward and
attain sustainability, live

00:37:19.292 --> 00:37:21.583
a greener life, they should
have figured out a way

00:37:21.584 --> 00:37:25.416
to bring us all together in the
circle instead of polarizing

00:37:25.417 --> 00:37:28.791
and dividing this community.

00:37:28.792 --> 00:37:31.124
- Make sure you use
your table of contents

00:37:31.125 --> 00:37:33.708
to sequence the
pages in your binder.

00:37:33.709 --> 00:37:34.875
- Can we...

00:37:34.876 --> 00:37:36.374
- Get out there and
find some leaves.

00:37:36.375 --> 00:37:37.375
- Thank you!

00:37:39.792 --> 00:37:41.333
- For the first time
in history, we\'re

00:37:41.334 --> 00:37:43.249
presented with a new
situation happening

00:37:43.250 --> 00:37:44.750
in the world\'s oceans.

00:37:44.751 --> 00:37:46.583
There\'s a new flavor
in the food chain

00:37:46.584 --> 00:37:49.541
and it\'s not too
appetizing: plastic.

00:37:49.542 --> 00:37:53.999
In the ocean, there are rotating
ocean currents known as gyres.

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.917
But along with these
swirling wonders of the sea,

00:37:56.918 --> 00:38:00.374
there\'s a new resident...
Trash, trash, and more trash.

00:38:00.375 --> 00:38:05.166
The Great Pacific Garbage
Patch is the main culprit here.

00:38:05.167 --> 00:38:07.750
Yes, it\'s the largest
landfill in the world,

00:38:07.751 --> 00:38:10.249
in the middle of the ocean.

00:38:10.250 --> 00:38:12.708
And the new meal
in town is plastic,

00:38:12.709 --> 00:38:16.583
making up 90% of the
trash in the ocean.

00:38:16.584 --> 00:38:19.208
Most of the debris in the
garbage patch is composed

00:38:19.209 --> 00:38:22.625
of small plastic pieces
suspended in the upper water

00:38:22.626 --> 00:38:25.625
column... difficult to see,
even with the human eye.

00:38:25.626 --> 00:38:27.917
The plastic breaks down
into tiny particles

00:38:27.918 --> 00:38:31.374
and then it\'s consumed
by ocean life.

00:38:31.375 --> 00:38:33.082
So what does this mean?

00:38:33.083 --> 00:38:35.998
Well, let\'s just say this
A host of other animals,

00:38:35.999 --> 00:38:39.875
including humans, will ingest
this trash via the food chain.

00:38:39.876 --> 00:38:42.666
So let\'s remember: just
because it\'s out of sight,

00:38:42.667 --> 00:38:43.751
it\'s not out of mind.

00:38:47.667 --> 00:38:49.958
- Oh, and there\'s an
environmental club.

00:38:49.959 --> 00:38:51.291
That\'s great!

00:38:51.292 --> 00:38:55.791
- So there was a stigma
around using tap water

00:38:55.792 --> 00:38:58.416
at the high school, and
the hydration station

00:38:58.417 --> 00:39:00.374
has really taken that away.

00:39:00.375 --> 00:39:04.291
Here\'s a hydration station
outside the main office.

00:39:04.292 --> 00:39:09.333
It saved the equivalent of
11,545 bottles of water.

00:39:09.334 --> 00:39:11.333
And it\'s chilled
and it\'s filtered,

00:39:11.334 --> 00:39:13.249
and it really changed
the way people

00:39:13.250 --> 00:39:14.625
drink at the high school.

00:39:14.626 --> 00:39:16.249
- \"Trash Talk.\"

00:39:16.250 --> 00:39:18.917
Wow, this school
is really grooving.

00:39:18.918 --> 00:39:21.082
They\'re on a roll.

00:39:21.083 --> 00:39:25.124
- The idea is not to redo
what we did last year,

00:39:25.125 --> 00:39:28.708
but to have something more
focused, more effective,

00:39:28.709 --> 00:39:32.124
to get the votes that we need
at Town Meeting in April.

00:39:32.125 --> 00:39:35.875
- And also it\'s a year later,
so now at least I\'ll be 18,

00:39:35.876 --> 00:39:38.082
and a lot of my friends
will be 18 as well.

00:39:38.083 --> 00:39:41.750
So we\'ll have a little more say
in it and we can now vote, too.

00:39:41.751 --> 00:39:42.459
That was really...

00:39:42.459 --> 00:39:43.083
- Oh, that\'s right.

00:39:43.084 --> 00:39:45.541
- that was really aggravating
because Maggie and I were

00:39:45.542 --> 00:39:50.124
so for this Article passing,
but we couldn\'t actually vote.

00:39:50.125 --> 00:39:51.625
- You have four of
them, and that\'s

00:39:51.626 --> 00:39:53.333
where you spent your
money from the grant?

00:39:53.334 --> 00:39:54.250
- Mm-hmm.

00:39:54.250 --> 00:39:55.000
- Good for you.

00:39:55.001 --> 00:39:56.917
(LAUGHTER)

00:39:56.918 --> 00:39:59.082
- So you just place your
bottle right there...

00:39:59.083 --> 00:40:01.334
- And there it
goes, automatically.

00:40:04.167 --> 00:40:06.875
- OK, and now...

00:40:06.876 --> 00:40:09.917
and I can also not only
get water from here,

00:40:09.918 --> 00:40:11.042
but I can get it from here.

00:40:15.125 --> 00:40:16.791
It\'s delicious.

00:40:16.792 --> 00:40:20.209
(LAUGHTER)

00:40:22.209 --> 00:40:24.791
Best water I\'ve ever had.

00:40:24.792 --> 00:40:26.208
The young people
are the ones who

00:40:26.209 --> 00:40:29.249
are going to have to
think about the future.

00:40:29.250 --> 00:40:33.333
They\'ll have to take
over from the older folks

00:40:33.334 --> 00:40:39.958
to work for environmental issues
and all other things that will

00:40:39.959 --> 00:40:42.541
make the world a better place.

00:40:42.542 --> 00:40:43.834
- I\'m going to go in the front.

00:40:46.542 --> 00:40:47.958
Bye, Maggie.

00:40:47.959 --> 00:40:49.291
Next year.

00:40:49.292 --> 00:40:52.666
- Here we go, off to
town hall to vote.

00:40:52.667 --> 00:40:55.583
- So why are you
registering to vote?

00:40:55.584 --> 00:40:57.708
- First because I
haven\'t registered yet,

00:40:57.709 --> 00:41:01.875
so I can vote in the primaries
and in the bottled water

00:41:01.876 --> 00:41:04.041
banning.

00:41:04.042 --> 00:41:06.834
That\'s why we\'re here, because
we\'re informed citizens.

00:41:12.792 --> 00:41:13.417
Oh, there it is.

00:41:13.418 --> 00:41:16.541
- \"Water quality of
Concord Public Works\".

00:41:16.542 --> 00:41:17.083
OK.

00:41:17.084 --> 00:41:20.999
This is the water quality annual
report for Concord\'s water,

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:22.333
I guess.

00:41:22.334 --> 00:41:25.416
There are no violations
in our water.

00:41:25.417 --> 00:41:28.166
We\'re here to register to vote.

00:41:28.167 --> 00:41:30.374
- Would it be too late
to switch to Independent

00:41:30.375 --> 00:41:31.917
so I can vote tomorrow?

00:41:31.918 --> 00:41:33.082
- Please sign here.

00:41:33.083 --> 00:41:35.750
- But as of today, you\'re
registered for Town Meeting.

00:41:35.751 --> 00:41:36.709
- Thank you so much.

00:41:36.709 --> 00:41:37.375
- You\'re welcome.

00:41:37.375 --> 00:41:38.375
Have a good day.

00:41:40.375 --> 00:41:41.209
- Good job!

00:41:41.210 --> 00:41:46.041
- So now is everyone going
to vote for my Article

00:41:46.042 --> 00:41:47.708
to ban bottled water?

00:41:47.709 --> 00:41:50.124
- Heck, yeah!

00:41:50.125 --> 00:41:51.751
- Heck yeah, you are!

00:42:01.626 --> 00:42:04.791
- Every Town Meeting has
local customs and procedures

00:42:04.792 --> 00:42:08.998
that reflect the character and,
yes, sometimes the characters

00:42:08.999 --> 00:42:09.999
of your community.

00:42:16.792 --> 00:42:19.541
- I\'m Ed Newman, the moderator
from Stow, Massachusetts.

00:42:19.542 --> 00:42:21.124
In the next few
minutes, we\'ll learn

00:42:21.125 --> 00:42:23.626
about the document used in Town
Meeting called the warrant.

00:42:28.167 --> 00:42:32.625
- The basic process is that
individuals submit articles

00:42:32.626 --> 00:42:36.458
for the town warrant, and
it\'s a published document

00:42:36.459 --> 00:42:38.541
that is mailed to
every household

00:42:38.542 --> 00:42:40.998
within the town of Concord.

00:42:40.999 --> 00:42:44.708
So the warrant is delivered
to every home in Concord

00:42:44.709 --> 00:42:47.041
by the end of
January, mid-February,

00:42:47.042 --> 00:42:49.249
so that people have
a chance to engage

00:42:49.250 --> 00:42:53.042
in what is it that\'s coming
up at April\'s Town Meeting.

00:42:57.042 --> 00:42:59.833
- Once the warrant
article is sent

00:42:59.834 --> 00:43:04.584
to every household in Concord,
that\'s when the dice is cast.

00:43:08.125 --> 00:43:10.999
- I wanted to start
off by showing you

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:15.416
this item that appeared in
the Concord Journal last week.

00:43:15.417 --> 00:43:16.125
- Oh, good.

00:43:16.125 --> 00:43:16.667
- It did?

00:43:16.667 --> 00:43:17.250
- And...

00:43:17.251 --> 00:43:18.998
yes, yes, \"Drink
to Your Health\",

00:43:18.999 --> 00:43:20.416
how water is really important.

00:43:20.417 --> 00:43:21.458
- I didn\'t even see that.

00:43:21.459 --> 00:43:23.166
- Well, I\'m hoping
most people didn\'t.

00:43:23.167 --> 00:43:24.167
- Who wrote the article?

00:43:24.168 --> 00:43:27.166
- \"To learn more about
healthy hydration,

00:43:27.167 --> 00:43:30.625
visit www.nestlewaters.com.\"

00:43:30.626 --> 00:43:32.666
- Oh, give me a break.

00:43:32.667 --> 00:43:33.125
- Yeah.

00:43:33.126 --> 00:43:35.291
- Do you think they did
that on purpose because they

00:43:35.292 --> 00:43:36.750
knew of the stirrings going on?

00:43:36.751 --> 00:43:37.250
- Absolutely.

00:43:37.250 --> 00:43:38.250
- I want to see that.

00:43:39.292 --> 00:43:41.124
I\'ve been trying to do
this for three years.

00:43:41.125 --> 00:43:43.666
And I\'m not a little old lady...

00:43:43.667 --> 00:43:44.250
- We know that.

00:43:44.251 --> 00:43:45.625
(LAUGHTER)

00:43:45.626 --> 00:43:48.333
- I mean, it was a
seven vote difference.

00:43:48.334 --> 00:43:52.666
They had 272 votes last year, so
the question really comes down

00:43:52.667 --> 00:43:55.708
to, can they incite any
more kind of response

00:43:55.709 --> 00:43:56.709
from this community?

00:44:01.542 --> 00:44:04.291
- But it just seems like one
of those crazy ideas that\'s

00:44:04.292 --> 00:44:06.583
not going to get very far.

00:44:06.584 --> 00:44:10.124
It\'s too drastic.

00:44:10.125 --> 00:44:15.708
I mean, are people gonna line
up at a hose with a bucket

00:44:15.709 --> 00:44:19.666
and get their
daily water supply?

00:44:19.667 --> 00:44:21.958
No.

00:44:21.959 --> 00:44:23.750
- I just think the
way the world is now,

00:44:23.751 --> 00:44:24.833
people want bottled water.

00:44:24.834 --> 00:44:27.124
A lot of people don\'t drink...
they don\'t want tap water

00:44:27.125 --> 00:44:28.042
to drink.

00:44:28.043 --> 00:44:32.416
It hurts businesses because
the whole country is like this.

00:44:32.417 --> 00:44:34.374
We have bottled water
and that\'s the way it is.

00:44:34.375 --> 00:44:37.416
So unless there\'s a wholesale
change in people\'s ideas about

00:44:37.417 --> 00:44:41.291
that... switching over to glass
or some other way to do it...

00:44:41.292 --> 00:44:44.124
I mean, it\'s just going to hurt
businesses that this happens

00:44:44.125 --> 00:44:47.541
because everything
will have to change.

00:44:47.542 --> 00:44:49.834
The way of life... it\'s
people\'s way of life right now.

00:44:52.375 --> 00:44:53.998
- My name is Wade Rubenstein.

00:44:53.999 --> 00:44:56.791
I\'m the owner of Reasons
To Be Cheerful, a dessert

00:44:56.792 --> 00:44:59.791
cafe in Concord, Massachusetts.

00:44:59.792 --> 00:45:01.666
We use town water.

00:45:01.667 --> 00:45:03.999
In an ice cream shop,
you use a lot of water.

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:06.291
We use water to,
obviously, keep everything

00:45:06.292 --> 00:45:07.750
cleaned and sanitized.

00:45:07.751 --> 00:45:10.541
We also use water
to make our sorbet,

00:45:10.542 --> 00:45:12.541
so our sorbet uses town water.

00:45:12.542 --> 00:45:14.041
We use water for our coffee.

00:45:14.042 --> 00:45:15.875
We use a lot of water, yeah.

00:45:15.876 --> 00:45:17.998
And we offer water
to our customers.

00:45:17.999 --> 00:45:20.791
We always have a pitcher
or two of filtered tap

00:45:20.792 --> 00:45:23.249
water available to our
customers at any time.

00:45:23.250 --> 00:45:25.875
It exceeds the EPA
and state standards.

00:45:25.876 --> 00:45:28.291
I live in town and I\'m
very proud of our water.

00:45:28.292 --> 00:45:30.625
- My name\'s Maggie St. Jean.

00:45:30.626 --> 00:45:35.249
I am a senior at
Concord-Carlisle High School.

00:45:35.250 --> 00:45:41.833
I have been working with Jill
Appel and Jean on the bill.

00:45:41.834 --> 00:45:43.666
Here you are.

00:45:43.667 --> 00:45:47.124
And having the sign outside
on a hot day like today,

00:45:47.125 --> 00:45:48.875
having free water
refills, I mean,

00:45:48.876 --> 00:45:55.124
that\'s fantastic because we
have such filtered and delicious

00:45:55.125 --> 00:45:59.791
water here in Concord, which
is really just a privilege.

00:45:59.792 --> 00:46:02.249
I mean, I don\'t think
there\'s any necessity

00:46:02.250 --> 00:46:04.291
for bottled water at all.

00:46:04.292 --> 00:46:05.875
- When I was their
age, bottled water

00:46:05.876 --> 00:46:07.791
wasn\'t an issue because
it didn\'t exist.

00:46:07.792 --> 00:46:10.374
We got water out of the tap, we
got water out of the bubbler.

00:46:10.375 --> 00:46:12.082
When I say the word
\"bubbler\" to my kids,

00:46:12.083 --> 00:46:13.917
they look at me
like I\'m from Mars.

00:46:13.918 --> 00:46:15.208
But we had water fountains.

00:46:15.209 --> 00:46:17.625
We had them in school, we
had them in public parks,

00:46:17.626 --> 00:46:19.208
and that\'s where we
turned to for water

00:46:19.209 --> 00:46:20.751
when we were thirsty outside.

00:46:39.584 --> 00:46:40.042
- All right.

00:46:40.043 --> 00:46:43.082
I\'m Debra Stark, and I opened
Debra\'s Natural Gourmet

00:46:43.083 --> 00:46:45.291
in 1989.

00:46:45.292 --> 00:46:47.374
Well, I was brought
up on natural foods

00:46:47.375 --> 00:46:51.291
and natural medicine, and truly
have never known anything but.

00:46:51.292 --> 00:46:52.708
So it\'s always been my passion.

00:46:52.709 --> 00:46:55.458
I was always convinced that
if I can convince the world

00:46:55.459 --> 00:46:58.458
to eat better or to do things
a little differently, that we

00:46:58.459 --> 00:47:01.166
wouldn\'t be in the mess we are
with the health care crisis.

00:47:01.167 --> 00:47:03.875
So that truly has
always been my passion.

00:47:03.876 --> 00:47:08.917
So this is all the plastic
water bottles we have left.

00:47:08.918 --> 00:47:10.750
There\'s so many
restrictions out there

00:47:10.751 --> 00:47:14.666
that don\'t make sense to me,
that are supposed be protecting

00:47:14.667 --> 00:47:16.541
our health and freedom.

00:47:16.542 --> 00:47:18.708
So this is one
that I think truly

00:47:18.709 --> 00:47:22.041
would protect our health and
the future of our planet.

00:47:22.042 --> 00:47:24.333
And who knows what else
that we don\'t know about?

00:47:24.334 --> 00:47:25.250
That\'s what worries me.

00:47:25.251 --> 00:47:27.249
I don\'t know what
we don\'t know yet.

00:47:27.250 --> 00:47:29.708
Look at all... every year,
we find out something that we

00:47:29.709 --> 00:47:30.250
didn\'t know.

00:47:30.251 --> 00:47:33.291
Although my mother used
to know everything.

00:47:33.292 --> 00:47:36.584
(LAUGHTER)

00:47:37.542 --> 00:47:40.166
- Next on the agenda
is Article 32,

00:47:40.167 --> 00:47:46.000
the article on bottled water.

00:47:51.834 --> 00:47:54.750
- Excuse me, I don\'t know if
this is appropriate or not.

00:47:54.751 --> 00:47:59.124
But Mr. Crosby, of
the Crosby Market,

00:47:59.125 --> 00:48:01.875
is afraid of losing
business and...

00:48:01.876 --> 00:48:03.998
- Jean, excuse me just a minute.

00:48:03.999 --> 00:48:06.249
We have citizen comments
later in the agenda.

00:48:06.250 --> 00:48:06.999
Would you like...

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:08.333
- I just want to leave this...

00:48:08.334 --> 00:48:09.209
- OK.

00:48:09.210 --> 00:48:10.458
- It\'s for your...

00:48:10.459 --> 00:48:11.541
and you can read it.

00:48:11.542 --> 00:48:12.958
- Thank you.

00:48:12.959 --> 00:48:13.626
- Thank you.

00:48:13.627 --> 00:48:16.041
- You\'re welcome.

00:48:16.042 --> 00:48:18.416
- Jean, would you like
to make a citizen comment

00:48:18.417 --> 00:48:20.333
before you leave?

00:48:20.334 --> 00:48:22.416
- Yes.

00:48:22.417 --> 00:48:25.333
Jean Hill, Concord Green.

00:48:25.334 --> 00:48:26.833
- Have a seat, Jean.

00:48:26.834 --> 00:48:28.374
- Oh, yes.

00:48:28.375 --> 00:48:29.584
- So we can hear you better.

00:48:32.626 --> 00:48:37.917
- This letter that I\'ve just
given to Chris explains a way

00:48:37.918 --> 00:48:41.082
that might help...
it\'s to the CEO.

00:48:41.083 --> 00:48:46.750
I wrote a letter to the CEO
and made some suggestions that

00:48:46.751 --> 00:48:52.249
might help them regain
lost revenue if the bottle

00:48:52.250 --> 00:48:58.666
ban passes, and that was
selling reusable bottles

00:48:58.667 --> 00:49:01.041
of various sizes.

00:49:01.042 --> 00:49:02.708
And that\'s what my letter says.

00:49:02.709 --> 00:49:03.667
- Thank you very much.

00:49:03.668 --> 00:49:07.082
Thank you for sharing
it with us tonight.

00:49:07.083 --> 00:49:09.833
- You\'re welcome.

00:49:09.834 --> 00:49:11.875
- This is the same board
that was here last year

00:49:11.876 --> 00:49:13.374
and we did not take
a position on it,

00:49:13.375 --> 00:49:15.667
and I suggest that we not
take a position on it again.

00:49:19.167 --> 00:49:21.666
Individually, I think we all
have strong feelings about it,

00:49:21.667 --> 00:49:26.041
but I think it\'s something that
the community has to decide

00:49:26.042 --> 00:49:27.708
what they value as a community.

00:49:27.709 --> 00:49:31.791
I think the voters have
to make a decision.

00:49:31.792 --> 00:49:32.250
- Yeah.

00:49:32.251 --> 00:49:34.374
I would say that if I wasn\'t
sitting at this table,

00:49:34.375 --> 00:49:35.751
I would probably vote for it.

00:49:38.125 --> 00:49:38.918
- It\'s just...

00:49:38.919 --> 00:49:40.998
it\'s a little
depressing sometimes

00:49:40.999 --> 00:49:45.666
that people don\'t think
of this as a chance

00:49:45.667 --> 00:49:49.166
to step forward and be leaders.

00:49:49.167 --> 00:49:51.416
And they don\'t seem to think.

00:49:51.417 --> 00:49:53.416
They think that we\'re
going to go on the way we

00:49:53.417 --> 00:49:55.416
are right now forever.

00:49:55.417 --> 00:49:56.918
And I don\'t think we are.

00:50:00.834 --> 00:50:04.751
(MUSIC PLAYING)

00:50:21.417 --> 00:50:27.166
- I titled this sermon \"Earth
to Church: Can I Get a Witness?\"

00:50:27.167 --> 00:50:31.416
Let\'s become \"Golden
Rule\" activists

00:50:31.417 --> 00:50:37.875
as we move into new behaviors,
consuming less, sharing more,

00:50:37.876 --> 00:50:44.583
curbing our desire to acquire
by expanding our inner world.

00:50:44.584 --> 00:50:47.750
And on this new Earth,
we must recognize

00:50:47.751 --> 00:50:51.998
that future generations are no
less our neighbors than those

00:50:51.999 --> 00:50:56.208
seated next to us in the pews.

00:50:56.209 --> 00:51:02.998
You might think of this
as Golden Rule 2.0.

00:51:02.999 --> 00:51:03.999
- Please, be seated.

00:51:06.834 --> 00:51:07.709
- You know, the...

00:51:07.710 --> 00:51:10.751
it\'s time to start
villainizing bottled water.

00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:16.333
So I\'m Adriana Cohen.

00:51:16.334 --> 00:51:18.998
I\'d consider myself a good
person and a good mother.

00:51:18.999 --> 00:51:20.333
That\'s not all I
do is mothering.

00:51:20.334 --> 00:51:21.167
I do have a career.

00:51:21.168 --> 00:51:24.124
I am a philanthropist, I
am politically engaged.

00:51:24.125 --> 00:51:27.875
I have a business
background, PR and marketing.

00:51:27.876 --> 00:51:29.999
I also have a strong
fundraising background.

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:32.208
I do a lot of very
effective fundraising

00:51:32.209 --> 00:51:36.833
for very famous successful
politicians, and charities,

00:51:36.834 --> 00:51:39.082
and nonprofits.

00:51:39.083 --> 00:51:43.333
- This is just a small
shot across the bow

00:51:43.334 --> 00:51:46.791
of the bottled water industry.

00:51:46.792 --> 00:51:48.249
I\'m Mary White.

00:51:48.250 --> 00:51:52.958
I\'ve been living in this
neighborhood in Concord

00:51:52.959 --> 00:51:55.291
for 36 years.

00:51:55.292 --> 00:52:00.583
My first real activism
was in the 1980s.

00:52:00.584 --> 00:52:04.998
- Water is a legal product, and
I think it\'s wrong for people

00:52:04.999 --> 00:52:08.750
to impose and inflict their
own personal political agenda

00:52:08.751 --> 00:52:13.333
on the entire community because
they\'re anti-corporation.

00:52:13.334 --> 00:52:21.166
- I see this issue as a
juxtaposition of two freedoms:

00:52:21.167 --> 00:52:28.708
the freedom to buy what we want
regardless of the consequences,

00:52:28.709 --> 00:52:33.583
or the freedom to choose
not to do that in order

00:52:33.584 --> 00:52:36.666
to protect the
freedom of communities

00:52:36.667 --> 00:52:41.875
to control their own
natural water resources.

00:52:41.876 --> 00:52:48.998
What happens if a water company
drains the water in an area?

00:52:48.999 --> 00:52:52.041
They simply move
on to another area.

00:52:52.042 --> 00:52:54.082
- I can\'t believe someone
would be against that.

00:52:54.083 --> 00:52:55.999
Corporations... I don\'t
care who they are...

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:57.750
They\'re job creators.

00:52:57.751 --> 00:53:00.666
They create opportunities for
people so that they can live,

00:53:00.667 --> 00:53:02.750
they can feed their families.

00:53:02.751 --> 00:53:08.249
- One of the major problems
with private possession of water

00:53:08.250 --> 00:53:11.291
is it leaves Nature
high and dry.

00:53:11.292 --> 00:53:14.333
Nature cannot defend itself.

00:53:14.334 --> 00:53:16.833
- I mean, what\'s going to happen
next year at Town Meeting?

00:53:16.834 --> 00:53:19.666
Are residents... tax paying
residents who contribute

00:53:19.667 --> 00:53:21.541
so much to the community
in so many ways...

00:53:21.542 --> 00:53:24.917
Going to be ticketed for buying
a product these eco-groups

00:53:24.918 --> 00:53:25.834
don\'t like?

00:53:25.835 --> 00:53:28.833
I mean, that\'s not right
and it\'s not American.

00:53:28.834 --> 00:53:34.041
- Americans buy enough bottled
water in the United States

00:53:34.042 --> 00:53:38.416
in one week to circle
the globe five times.

00:53:38.417 --> 00:53:42.791
40 years ago, this
industry barely existed.

00:53:42.792 --> 00:53:48.458
And that whole industry, which
did not exist 40 years ago,

00:53:48.459 --> 00:53:53.708
is now the third largest
industry in the world

00:53:53.709 --> 00:53:57.000
only behind electricity and oil.

00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:06.999
(CHATTER)

00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:11.459
(MUSIC PLAYING)

00:54:21.459 --> 00:54:23.958
- (SINGING) Got the sugar blues.

00:54:23.959 --> 00:54:29.416
Oh, the sweet sugar blues...

00:54:29.417 --> 00:54:33.958
I love my gal, sweet chickadee.

00:54:33.959 --> 00:54:37.917
Cluck on, gal, and
cut the blues on me.

00:54:37.918 --> 00:54:41.917
I\'m going to Heaven,
I\'m going to bed.

00:54:41.918 --> 00:54:45.374
I\'m going to lay down tonight.

00:54:45.375 --> 00:54:47.416
Now I\'m all confused...

00:54:47.417 --> 00:54:50.458
- There\'s still question about
whether or not the bottle

00:54:50.459 --> 00:54:51.666
itself is a hazard...

00:54:51.667 --> 00:54:52.125
- Right.

00:54:52.126 --> 00:54:53.917
- the chemical
compound of the bottle.

00:54:53.918 --> 00:54:55.374
- It would be really
great if Boston

00:54:55.375 --> 00:54:58.917
had more fountains in the
same way that Paris does,

00:54:58.918 --> 00:55:00.292
if you\'ve ever been to Paris.

00:55:04.876 --> 00:55:07.333
- If you\'re going to take away
the bottled water convenience

00:55:07.334 --> 00:55:10.583
if you\'re going to walk in
the convenience store and grab

00:55:10.584 --> 00:55:12.625
a bottle of water
because you\'re thirsty...

00:55:12.626 --> 00:55:14.333
You need to provide
an alternative.

00:55:14.334 --> 00:55:17.999
In America it\'s
about convenience,

00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:21.750
so we\'re very used to being
able to go anywhere and grab

00:55:21.751 --> 00:55:22.667
what we want.

00:55:22.668 --> 00:55:26.041
This town government is trying
to accelerate the behavior

00:55:26.042 --> 00:55:29.249
by forcing the issue, saying,
\"You know what, we\'re not

00:55:29.250 --> 00:55:30.333
going to sell it anymore.

00:55:30.334 --> 00:55:32.041
You guys are going to
change your behavior.

00:55:32.042 --> 00:55:33.042
Now.\"

00:55:36.959 --> 00:55:40.917
(APPLAUSE)

00:55:40.918 --> 00:55:42.626
- They\'re all ready
for Patriot\'s Day.

00:55:48.250 --> 00:55:53.458
- I think I\'m a little nervous
that some weird stuff is going

00:55:53.459 --> 00:55:56.750
to happen and we\'re
going to have bad luck

00:55:56.751 --> 00:55:58.998
and we\'re going to lose.

00:55:58.999 --> 00:56:02.750
And I hope that\'s not the case
because this is definitely

00:56:02.751 --> 00:56:04.208
our last chance.

00:56:04.209 --> 00:56:06.042
It\'s not going to
happen again next year.

00:56:19.292 --> 00:56:22.833
As an activist, I deal with
disappointment every day.

00:56:22.834 --> 00:56:23.709
You know that.

00:56:23.709 --> 00:56:24.334
- I know, I know.

00:56:24.335 --> 00:56:25.541
- You absolutely know that.

00:56:25.542 --> 00:56:26.000
- I do.

00:56:26.001 --> 00:56:27.958
- Yesterday, I didn\'t
get the support...

00:56:27.959 --> 00:56:29.041
- Same thing for ministers.

00:56:29.042 --> 00:56:30.583
- of the League of Women Voters,

00:56:30.584 --> 00:56:32.667
and they supported us last year.

00:56:34.667 --> 00:56:38.124
My astrological forecast
told me that good fortune

00:56:38.125 --> 00:56:40.666
was heading my way, but
I had to be pushing it.

00:56:40.667 --> 00:56:41.833
(LAUGHTER)

00:56:41.834 --> 00:56:43.583
So I think I\'ve
been able to make

00:56:43.584 --> 00:56:46.708
some inroads with some groups.

00:56:46.709 --> 00:56:49.999
I tend to be action oriented.

00:56:50.000 --> 00:56:53.333
The only way you achieve
meaningful change in society

00:56:53.334 --> 00:56:57.208
today is to get involved
in the political process.

00:56:57.209 --> 00:56:58.875
- And you believe
that, but how would

00:56:58.876 --> 00:57:01.875
you inspire them to
join you in that belief?

00:57:01.876 --> 00:57:03.708
- How do you open
up closed minds?

00:57:03.709 --> 00:57:04.791
I mean, really...

00:57:04.792 --> 00:57:06.416
- That\'s not very
appreciative of you.

00:57:06.417 --> 00:57:07.583
(LAUGHTER)

00:57:07.584 --> 00:57:08.042
- I know.

00:57:08.043 --> 00:57:12.291
- How do you increase
flexibility in tight minds?

00:57:12.292 --> 00:57:15.082
- Well I think you
work incrementally, OK?

00:57:15.083 --> 00:57:19.583
But you push for
something more that\'s

00:57:19.584 --> 00:57:21.291
outside of their comfort zone.

00:57:21.292 --> 00:57:25.124
So yes, seek first to understand
then to be understood.

00:57:25.125 --> 00:57:28.249
But the big issue
really is sometimes

00:57:28.250 --> 00:57:32.209
people just need help to get
out of their comfort zones.

00:57:35.375 --> 00:57:40.041
- These are all quotes
from Henry David Thoreau.

00:57:40.042 --> 00:57:42.166
- The final quote over
there is Thoreau\'s.

00:57:42.167 --> 00:57:44.708
\"Can there be any greater
miracle than for an instant

00:57:44.709 --> 00:57:46.583
for us to look through
each other\'s eyes?\"

00:57:46.584 --> 00:57:47.167
- Right.

00:57:47.168 --> 00:57:50.291
- And I think that\'s
the essence of this.

00:57:50.292 --> 00:57:52.917
There is a water bill to pass.

00:57:52.918 --> 00:57:55.541
There is a huge
environmental opportunity

00:57:55.542 --> 00:57:56.542
in passing that bill.

00:57:56.542 --> 00:57:56.999
- Right.

00:57:57.000 --> 00:58:00.291
- But there\'s just as much
of an opportunity for Concord

00:58:00.292 --> 00:58:03.208
to recognize the diversity
within the community,

00:58:03.209 --> 00:58:08.291
to be able to look at that issue
through someone else\'s eyes.

00:58:08.292 --> 00:58:10.708
There\'s that tension,
being able to stand up

00:58:10.709 --> 00:58:14.583
for what you believe in,
make room for the other.

00:58:14.584 --> 00:58:17.458
And I don\'t know,
there\'s a miracle

00:58:17.459 --> 00:58:18.834
waiting to happen there.

00:58:24.751 --> 00:58:26.625
- We are the home of
Henry David Thoreau.

00:58:26.626 --> 00:58:29.625
He\'s the original
environmentalist.

00:58:29.626 --> 00:58:32.416
So he\'s my favorite
environmentalist.

00:58:32.417 --> 00:58:36.416
This is a guy who truly loved
the environment and nature,

00:58:36.417 --> 00:58:38.833
but wasn\'t profiting off of it.

00:58:38.834 --> 00:58:41.999
- I think if Thoreau
were alive today,

00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:45.208
he would be my
number one supporter.

00:58:45.209 --> 00:58:47.834
- Amazing fellow,
Henry David Thoreau.

00:58:50.375 --> 00:58:54.833
- \"Heaven is under our feet
as well as over our heads.\"...

00:58:54.834 --> 00:58:56.709
\"Walden\" by Henry Thoreau.

00:59:00.042 --> 00:59:03.666
Hi, I\'m Tom Blanding, I\'m
a local Thoreau scholar

00:59:03.667 --> 00:59:08.208
and I\'ve spent my life
studying Henry David Thoreau.

00:59:08.209 --> 00:59:11.999
He\'s what I like to call our
\"philosopher of balance\".

00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:14.124
And sometimes we
think of Thoreau

00:59:14.125 --> 00:59:16.374
as being very radical
in his thought,

00:59:16.375 --> 00:59:20.124
but he\'s calling for a
balance between civilization

00:59:20.125 --> 00:59:20.959
and nature.

00:59:20.960 --> 00:59:24.166
So if he seems extreme
in his position,

00:59:24.167 --> 00:59:28.458
it\'s because we\'ve become
so extreme in ours.

00:59:28.459 --> 00:59:30.583
He\'s best known for
the work \"Walden,\"

00:59:30.584 --> 00:59:33.958
which describes his two years,
two months, and two days

00:59:33.959 --> 00:59:36.082
he lived at Walden
Pond in a little house

00:59:36.083 --> 00:59:38.998
that he built for himself.

00:59:38.999 --> 00:59:42.291
Thoreau affected many
aspects of world culture

00:59:42.292 --> 00:59:44.875
through his writings.

00:59:44.876 --> 00:59:47.249
Martin Luther King
Junior had said

00:59:47.250 --> 00:59:51.958
that Thoreau\'s ideas are more
alive today than ever before.

00:59:51.959 --> 00:59:55.541
Mahatma Gandhi said that
Thoreau had a great influence

00:59:55.542 --> 00:59:58.917
on his movement in India.

00:59:58.918 --> 01:00:01.166
I think what appeals to
me most about Thoreau...

01:00:01.167 --> 01:00:04.999
In broadest terms... would
be his overall worldview,

01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:09.958
his view that this world is
composed of a universal soul

01:00:09.959 --> 01:00:13.833
and nature which expresses
that universal soul.

01:00:13.834 --> 01:00:15.666
- Well of course, the
big thing of his life

01:00:15.667 --> 01:00:19.875
was simplicity,
simplicity, simplicity.

01:00:19.876 --> 01:00:24.041
You should your
count your projects

01:00:24.042 --> 01:00:26.999
in one hand, keep
your life very simple,

01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:29.833
which of course none
of us do nowadays.

01:00:29.834 --> 01:00:30.334
Cluttered up.

01:00:30.335 --> 01:00:34.249
But it\'s a nice
concept to think about.

01:00:34.250 --> 01:00:37.751
(CHATTER)

01:00:43.167 --> 01:00:44.167
- You damn rebels.

01:00:44.168 --> 01:00:46.124
Disperse!

01:00:46.125 --> 01:00:49.625
Disperse, I say!

01:00:49.626 --> 01:00:51.791
Damn you, return to your homes!

01:00:51.792 --> 01:00:53.208
Are you deaf?

01:00:53.209 --> 01:00:56.584
(CROWD ARGUING)

01:00:58.959 --> 01:01:02.583
- They poured their
generous blood like water

01:01:02.584 --> 01:01:05.291
before they knew
whether it would

01:01:05.292 --> 01:01:09.999
fertilize the land of freedom,
or the land of their bondage.

01:01:14.417 --> 01:01:19.708
The war for American
Independence had begun indeed.

01:01:19.709 --> 01:01:23.208
The Regulars will continue
their march to Concord,

01:01:23.209 --> 01:01:24.999
eight miles west.

01:01:25.000 --> 01:01:29.082
At Concord, they will be
forced to begin a rapid retreat

01:01:29.083 --> 01:01:32.791
as colonial opposition stiffens.

01:01:32.792 --> 01:01:34.208
- Fire!

01:01:34.209 --> 01:01:35.209
Huzzah!

01:02:01.292 --> 01:02:04.124
- OK, right here, right
now, I think we\'re

01:02:04.125 --> 01:02:06.416
trying to start a conversation.

01:02:06.417 --> 01:02:11.708
To me, if we do this now,
if we pass this thing now,

01:02:11.709 --> 01:02:13.998
what happens versus
if we don\'t pass it.

01:02:13.999 --> 01:02:16.917
And if we don\'t pass it,
nothing is going to happen.

01:02:16.918 --> 01:02:24.416
- I\'m calling you in support
of the local bottled water ban

01:02:24.417 --> 01:02:28.583
article that\'s coming
up before Town Meeting.

01:02:28.584 --> 01:02:29.584
- Take care, bye-bye.

01:02:33.375 --> 01:02:34.792
I think I\'m going to die.

01:02:42.667 --> 01:02:45.666
- Hi I\'m Steve Weezer, I work
with the Metrowest Daily News.

01:02:45.667 --> 01:02:47.626
This is where we print
the Concord Journal.

01:02:50.584 --> 01:02:53.041
(RINGING)

01:02:53.042 --> 01:02:55.999
- Today\'s worry is what\'s coming
out in the Concord Journal,

01:02:56.000 --> 01:02:57.124
and what\'s going to hit us.

01:02:57.125 --> 01:02:58.875
Because I know there\'s
a bunch of stuff

01:02:58.876 --> 01:03:02.041
that will appear in the
Concord Journal today.

01:03:02.042 --> 01:03:05.374
And I wrote a guest commentary.

01:03:05.375 --> 01:03:07.625
I think that\'s
pretty good, but I

01:03:07.626 --> 01:03:09.458
know that there
are two other guest

01:03:09.459 --> 01:03:13.249
commentaries that are opposed
to the bottled water bylaw.

01:03:13.250 --> 01:03:16.333
And so part of what I
have to do is stop myself

01:03:16.334 --> 01:03:18.583
from freaking out and
saying, oh my god, we\'re

01:03:18.584 --> 01:03:21.166
going to Hell in a hand basket.

01:03:21.167 --> 01:03:23.041
- I was going to do
\"Prohibition is back.\"

01:03:23.042 --> 01:03:25.166
That was going to be my title.

01:03:25.167 --> 01:03:26.750
\"Capping our freedom.

01:03:26.751 --> 01:03:29.541
Prohibition is heavy
handed and goes too far.

01:03:29.542 --> 01:03:32.166
If you don\'t like the idea of
bottled water, don\'t buy it.

01:03:32.167 --> 01:03:33.000
Enough is enough.

01:03:33.001 --> 01:03:35.458
This ban is not an
appropriate avenue

01:03:35.459 --> 01:03:39.708
for attaining sustainability
and infringes on our rights.

01:03:39.709 --> 01:03:41.583
When this issue comes
to a vote in April,

01:03:41.584 --> 01:03:43.208
I hope each resident
of Concord will

01:03:43.209 --> 01:03:45.625
come show their support
for basic civil liberties

01:03:45.626 --> 01:03:48.124
and common sense and
vote against the ban

01:03:48.125 --> 01:03:50.583
on bottled water.\"

01:03:50.584 --> 01:03:51.417
- That\'s great.

01:03:51.417 --> 01:03:52.417
- Thank you.

01:03:52.418 --> 01:03:55.291
I\'ve gotten really
great feedback on this,

01:03:55.292 --> 01:03:56.750
a lot of people.

01:03:56.751 --> 01:03:59.583
How Jean Hill wants to
do it and Jill Appel,

01:03:59.584 --> 01:04:01.249
heavy fisted with
the prohibition...

01:04:01.250 --> 01:04:01.792
- Right.

01:04:01.793 --> 01:04:06.416
- And what my fear is
that if Concord passes

01:04:06.417 --> 01:04:07.998
this bottled water
ban, then there\'ll

01:04:07.999 --> 01:04:09.625
be all these copycat towns.

01:04:09.626 --> 01:04:13.998
- If you just logically
plod through what

01:04:13.999 --> 01:04:17.166
is going to happen as a
result and go then into that,

01:04:17.167 --> 01:04:17.959
it\'s like a tree.

01:04:17.960 --> 01:04:19.998
You go up the
branch, go over here,

01:04:19.999 --> 01:04:21.541
and there\'s going
to be... it just...

01:04:21.542 --> 01:04:22.542
- All these different...

01:04:22.543 --> 01:04:26.374
- You have to look at
all the limbs of what\'s

01:04:26.375 --> 01:04:27.833
going to happen
as a result of it,

01:04:27.834 --> 01:04:30.124
and then see where you are at
the top of the tree at the end

01:04:30.125 --> 01:04:30.792
of the day.

01:04:30.793 --> 01:04:33.998
- Maybe it\'s OK that
Concord is the place where

01:04:33.999 --> 01:04:36.249
it gets talked about
and the pros and cons

01:04:36.250 --> 01:04:37.333
are really laid out there.

01:04:37.334 --> 01:04:40.583
So that everybody in the
country gets educated.

01:04:40.584 --> 01:04:42.750
But if it passes,
that is the wrong...

01:04:42.751 --> 01:04:43.209
- It is.

01:04:43.209 --> 01:04:43.999
- It is the wrong thing.

01:04:43.999 --> 01:04:44.542
- message.

01:04:44.543 --> 01:04:48.166
And it\'s ineffective.

01:04:48.167 --> 01:04:50.208
- I\'m quoted
everywhere in the media

01:04:50.209 --> 01:04:53.998
because people respect my views,
and they want to hear from me.

01:04:53.999 --> 01:04:56.708
And so I appreciate the media
giving me that opportunity

01:04:56.709 --> 01:04:58.416
to express my views.

01:04:58.417 --> 01:05:00.374
I\'m going to be
going on CBS again

01:05:00.375 --> 01:05:03.374
on Monday to talk
about the bottled water

01:05:03.375 --> 01:05:05.333
ban and next steps.

01:05:05.334 --> 01:05:07.249
- We fight against
political correctness

01:05:07.250 --> 01:05:09.791
here on Nightside
at so many levels.

01:05:09.792 --> 01:05:11.333
- The smartest guy on radio.

01:05:11.334 --> 01:05:15.124
- And I want to welcome Adriana
Cohen, a business executive,

01:05:15.125 --> 01:05:16.666
public relations specialist.

01:05:16.667 --> 01:05:18.791
And you are the proud
mom of three kids.

01:05:18.792 --> 01:05:21.124
You don\'t look like you\'re
old enough to have three kids.

01:05:21.125 --> 01:05:22.750
- I\'m a lucky lady.

01:05:22.751 --> 01:05:24.625
- Wow, you\'re busy,
busy, busy, busy.

01:05:24.626 --> 01:05:27.041
We heard about this
battle in Concord,

01:05:27.042 --> 01:05:30.041
and I quite frankly
didn\'t understand.

01:05:30.042 --> 01:05:34.666
I am a huge supporter of
extending the bottle bill.

01:05:34.667 --> 01:05:36.958
Are you familiar with the
bottle bill in Massachusetts?

01:05:36.959 --> 01:05:37.751
- Well, yes...

01:05:37.752 --> 01:05:39.124
- Yes, it applies...

01:05:39.125 --> 01:05:42.333
- But it only has
a $0.05 deposit.

01:05:42.334 --> 01:05:43.292
And that\'s not enough.

01:05:43.293 --> 01:05:44.458
- Well, you know what, Jean?

01:05:44.459 --> 01:05:48.166
You\'re wrong on that because
the recycling of beer bottles

01:05:48.167 --> 01:05:51.458
and beer cans and carbonated
beverages in Massachusetts

01:05:51.459 --> 01:05:53.082
has been a huge success.

01:05:53.083 --> 01:05:55.458
And all we have to do
is apply that to the...

01:05:55.459 --> 01:06:00.917
I\'m with you on applying it
to water bottles, and sports

01:06:00.918 --> 01:06:04.333
drinks, and iced tea,
and everything, Jean.

01:06:04.334 --> 01:06:05.458
- I can\'t...

01:06:05.459 --> 01:06:07.249
look, I\'m 84 years old.

01:06:07.250 --> 01:06:07.792
- Right.

01:06:07.793 --> 01:06:10.458
- I can\'t fight the
whole bottled industry.

01:06:10.459 --> 01:06:12.998
- Well, Jean, I
will stand shoulder

01:06:12.999 --> 01:06:16.541
to shoulder with you, Jean,
and I will be there with you.

01:06:16.542 --> 01:06:17.999
I will be there with you.

01:06:18.000 --> 01:06:20.999
But to focus just on
water bottles, to me,

01:06:21.000 --> 01:06:22.791
is discriminatory.

01:06:22.792 --> 01:06:24.791
- I agree, it\'s very
short-sighted because what

01:06:24.792 --> 01:06:28.249
about all the other dozens and
dozens of beverages that are

01:06:28.250 --> 01:06:29.583
contained in plastic?

01:06:29.584 --> 01:06:30.375
I mean...

01:06:30.376 --> 01:06:34.791
- May I say this, Adriana?

01:06:34.792 --> 01:06:36.958
I assume this is Adriana.

01:06:36.959 --> 01:06:37.834
- Yes, it is.

01:06:37.835 --> 01:06:39.124
- And this is Dan.

01:06:39.125 --> 01:06:40.333
(LAUGHTER)

01:06:40.334 --> 01:06:42.666
- And Dan.

01:06:42.667 --> 01:06:44.208
May I say this?

01:06:44.209 --> 01:06:47.750
What people drink,
what children drink

01:06:47.751 --> 01:06:52.041
is determined by
parental guidance.

01:06:52.042 --> 01:06:54.791
They want their
children to be healthy

01:06:54.792 --> 01:06:57.041
and they don\'t want them
to drink sugary drinks.

01:06:57.042 --> 01:06:59.124
- And you want to take
water away from them, Jean.

01:06:59.125 --> 01:07:00.666
You want to take water.

01:07:00.667 --> 01:07:01.708
You want to take water.

01:07:01.709 --> 01:07:03.833
- You can...

01:07:03.834 --> 01:07:04.834
Concord tap water...

01:07:04.835 --> 01:07:05.875
- You want to take water.

01:07:05.876 --> 01:07:09.291
You want to take water,
the source, the life

01:07:09.292 --> 01:07:13.208
spring of the world, away
from young children, Jean.

01:07:13.209 --> 01:07:14.998
I don\'t understand this.

01:07:14.999 --> 01:07:16.249
- Oh, give me a break.

01:07:16.250 --> 01:07:17.998
You don\'t know what
you\'re talking about.

01:07:17.999 --> 01:07:18.959
- I think I do.

01:07:18.960 --> 01:07:20.541
You know what we
could do maybe, Jean?

01:07:20.542 --> 01:07:23.791
We could have you and Adriana
back in studio together,

01:07:23.792 --> 01:07:25.333
and we could have a
whole hour debate.

01:07:25.334 --> 01:07:26.833
Would you like to do that?

01:07:26.834 --> 01:07:29.416
- I don\'t want to have
anything to do with Adriana.

01:07:29.417 --> 01:07:30.833
- Oh, well that\'s
impolite, Jean.

01:07:30.834 --> 01:07:32.082
- That\'s not nice.

01:07:32.083 --> 01:07:32.626
- I think...

01:07:32.627 --> 01:07:33.917
- That\'s not nice.

01:07:33.918 --> 01:07:34.626
That is not nice.

01:07:34.626 --> 01:07:35.083
- Oh, Jean.

01:07:35.084 --> 01:07:37.416
- You know, Jean, you can\'t
go around disparaging people,

01:07:37.417 --> 01:07:38.334
you know.

01:07:38.334 --> 01:07:38.667
- Well, you know what?

01:07:38.668 --> 01:07:40.333
Jean, if you don\'t want
to come in and share

01:07:40.334 --> 01:07:41.917
the microphone with
Adriana, there\'s

01:07:41.918 --> 01:07:42.998
nothing more that I can say.

01:07:42.999 --> 01:07:44.791
Unfortunately, the one
next thing I have to do

01:07:44.792 --> 01:07:45.751
is say goodnight, Jean.

01:07:45.751 --> 01:07:46.209
OK?

01:07:46.210 --> 01:07:47.625
- All right, good night.

01:07:47.626 --> 01:07:49.082
- Have a great
night, good night.

01:07:49.083 --> 01:07:51.625
If you weren\'t on Adriana\'s
side before that call,

01:07:51.626 --> 01:07:52.542
you have to be now.

01:07:52.542 --> 01:07:52.709
We\'ll be back after this.

01:07:52.709 --> 01:07:53.709
- Oh, boy.

01:07:56.209 --> 01:07:58.958
I think I really screwed up.

01:07:58.959 --> 01:08:02.751
(RADIO PLAYING)

01:08:05.584 --> 01:08:10.249
- Nobody has a sense of urgency
on this environmental stuff.

01:08:10.250 --> 01:08:12.999
You know, the nature of pushing
the edge of the envelope

01:08:13.000 --> 01:08:15.375
is that is you\'re
invariably disappointed.

01:08:18.209 --> 01:08:21.708
This is a perfect way to
respond at a community level

01:08:21.709 --> 01:08:23.333
to the power of corporations.

01:08:23.334 --> 01:08:24.875
Perfect.

01:08:24.876 --> 01:08:27.834
They can\'t f... get
out of their own way.

01:08:49.542 --> 01:08:52.999
(CHATTER)

01:08:58.918 --> 01:09:00.876
- But this is the big
warrant for tonight.

01:09:08.792 --> 01:09:11.833
- Yes, let\'s just focus on this.

01:09:11.834 --> 01:09:12.875
- How do you do, Nora?

01:09:12.876 --> 01:09:14.250
It\'s nice to meet you.

01:09:21.792 --> 01:09:22.709
- OK, good.

01:09:22.709 --> 01:09:23.417
- All right, Jill.

01:09:23.417 --> 01:09:24.417
Don\'t worry.

01:09:26.792 --> 01:09:30.250
(MUSIC PLAYING)

01:09:34.250 --> 01:09:37.791
(BELL RINGING)

01:09:37.792 --> 01:09:39.958
- Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

01:09:39.959 --> 01:09:44.041
Welcome to the third night
of Concord Town Meeting.

01:09:44.042 --> 01:09:48.625
This is the 376th
consecutive year

01:09:48.626 --> 01:09:50.833
that the citizens
of Concord have

01:09:50.834 --> 01:09:53.041
met in the spring for
annual Town Meeting.

01:09:53.042 --> 01:09:57.917
I see that a quorum is
present, and I do so declare.

01:09:57.918 --> 01:10:01.082
We have a pre-scheduled
item of high interest.

01:10:01.083 --> 01:10:04.833
Ms. Hill moves that the
town take affirmative action

01:10:04.834 --> 01:10:08.374
on Article 32 as
printed in the warrant.

01:10:08.375 --> 01:10:10.999
- The Board of Selectmen did
not reach a consensus regarding

01:10:11.000 --> 01:10:13.458
Article 32, and is
therefore not making

01:10:13.459 --> 01:10:15.583
a recommendation tonight.

01:10:15.584 --> 01:10:18.082
Our job is to think about
what\'s best for Concord,

01:10:18.083 --> 01:10:20.583
whereas in many ways Article
32 is concerned about what\'s

01:10:20.584 --> 01:10:21.625
best for the world.

01:10:21.626 --> 01:10:23.333
Further, if Article
32 passes, there\'s

01:10:23.334 --> 01:10:24.750
a good chance that
the town would

01:10:24.751 --> 01:10:27.291
be sued on constitutional
and other grounds

01:10:27.292 --> 01:10:29.833
by organizations representing
bottling interests.

01:10:29.834 --> 01:10:31.666
In such litigation,
it\'s likely to be...

01:10:31.667 --> 01:10:33.791
to make the cost of
defense so expensive

01:10:33.792 --> 01:10:36.998
that Concord and other towns
would be cowed into submission.

01:10:36.999 --> 01:10:38.875
Whether we want to
enact a ban, and see it

01:10:38.876 --> 01:10:40.750
through to its
conclusion, depends

01:10:40.751 --> 01:10:42.709
on what we value as
citizens of Concord.

01:10:48.250 --> 01:10:49.917
- Certainly nothing
wrong with plastic.

01:10:49.918 --> 01:10:53.166
And in my impression, there\'s
nothing wrong with water.

01:10:53.167 --> 01:10:54.750
But plastics not going away.

01:10:54.751 --> 01:10:56.333
And what we really
have to do, I think,

01:10:56.334 --> 01:11:00.458
is continue to encourage people
to recycle and educate more.

01:11:00.459 --> 01:11:03.583
I mean, basically, Concord is
the place where it all started,

01:11:03.584 --> 01:11:05.999
where freedom is perhaps
the most important thing.

01:11:06.000 --> 01:11:07.541
I simply hope that
those freedoms

01:11:07.542 --> 01:11:08.833
would be maintained tonight.

01:11:08.834 --> 01:11:09.292
(APPLAUSE)

01:11:09.293 --> 01:11:11.750
- As I said before, there\'s no..

01:11:11.751 --> 01:11:15.208
No demonstrations of
clapping, or hissing.

01:11:15.209 --> 01:11:17.875
Either way, this is a
deliberative body and not

01:11:17.876 --> 01:11:19.374
a pep rally.

01:11:19.375 --> 01:11:22.416
- Mr. Moderator,
ladies and gentlemen,

01:11:22.417 --> 01:11:24.998
I stand alone, but confident.

01:11:24.999 --> 01:11:28.333
I\'ve kept an open mind and
I do speak from the heart.

01:11:28.334 --> 01:11:31.333
The whole country
is watching us now.

01:11:31.334 --> 01:11:35.458
Watch out, watch out.

01:11:35.459 --> 01:11:37.917
- And I\'m a fascist.

01:11:37.918 --> 01:11:39.625
- As a lifetime
Concord resident,

01:11:39.626 --> 01:11:41.166
my husband and I
are both strongly

01:11:41.167 --> 01:11:43.041
against passing this article.

01:11:43.042 --> 01:11:46.416
My strong opposition stems from
the lack of a true cost benefit

01:11:46.417 --> 01:11:48.708
analysis of the
proposed restriction.

01:11:48.709 --> 01:11:51.708
I encourage everyone to
oppose this well-intentioned

01:11:51.709 --> 01:11:53.917
but largely unwise,
ill-conceived

01:11:53.918 --> 01:11:55.833
and potentially harmful bylaw.

01:11:55.834 --> 01:11:56.998
Thank you.

01:11:56.999 --> 01:11:57.834
- Thank you.

01:11:57.834 --> 01:11:58.292
Ms. Cohen?

01:11:58.292 --> 01:11:59.125
- I am against...

01:11:59.126 --> 01:12:00.208
- Hi.

01:12:00.209 --> 01:12:04.583
I\'m against the bottle water
ban because it is prohibition.

01:12:04.584 --> 01:12:07.458
Perhaps you\'ve forgotten the
Declaration of Independence.

01:12:07.459 --> 01:12:10.791
I\'d like to recite a line from
the Declaration of Independence

01:12:10.792 --> 01:12:11.875
to you.

01:12:11.876 --> 01:12:14.833
\"Man has certain
unalienable rights

01:12:14.834 --> 01:12:18.333
to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.\"

01:12:18.334 --> 01:12:20.458
When a person no
longer has the liberty

01:12:20.459 --> 01:12:22.917
to decide for themselves
and their children

01:12:22.918 --> 01:12:25.124
what products they\'re
going to put in their body

01:12:25.125 --> 01:12:26.917
and what products
they\'re going to buy,

01:12:26.918 --> 01:12:28.999
we no longer live
in a free society.

01:12:29.000 --> 01:12:32.082
This reminds me of a country
where dictators dictate...

01:12:32.083 --> 01:12:32.709
- Oh, come on.

01:12:32.709 --> 01:12:33.584
- Please be in order.

01:12:33.585 --> 01:12:36.708
- to the masses what
they\'re allowed to buy.

01:12:36.709 --> 01:12:38.998
I encourage you to think very
carefully about your vote

01:12:38.999 --> 01:12:40.959
tonight because it
infringes upon our freedom.

01:12:44.792 --> 01:12:46.958
- If we could go to
the cafeteria, please.

01:12:46.959 --> 01:12:48.291
- The Declaration
of Independence

01:12:48.292 --> 01:12:49.917
was referenced tonight.

01:12:49.918 --> 01:12:53.249
Clean air and clean water, those
are inalienable rights too.

01:12:53.250 --> 01:12:55.374
We have to make a stand
against this kind of stuff

01:12:55.375 --> 01:12:56.958
at some point.

01:12:56.959 --> 01:12:58.666
In 15 years, in 20
years, communities

01:12:58.667 --> 01:13:00.124
all across the world
are going to be

01:13:00.125 --> 01:13:02.124
doing what we\'re proposing
to do here tonight,

01:13:02.125 --> 01:13:04.998
because it\'s the right thing to
do, it\'s the only thing to do.

01:13:04.999 --> 01:13:06.833
There have been
allusions tonight

01:13:06.834 --> 01:13:08.458
to the revolutions in Concord.

01:13:08.459 --> 01:13:11.082
And those are not out of place,
and I know maybe some of us

01:13:11.083 --> 01:13:12.333
may have heard that tonight
and thought, \"Oh, this

01:13:12.334 --> 01:13:13.998
isn\'t as big as the
American Revolution\",

01:13:13.999 --> 01:13:15.291
or \"This isn\'t the
Literary Revolution.\"

01:13:15.292 --> 01:13:16.042
But you know what?

01:13:16.043 --> 01:13:18.458
We\'re in the midst of an
environmental crisis right now,

01:13:18.459 --> 01:13:20.416
and here is a chance to
do something about it

01:13:20.417 --> 01:13:21.375
right here in Concord.

01:13:21.376 --> 01:13:23.166
Thank you.

01:13:23.167 --> 01:13:24.208
- Thank you, Mr. Goodman.

01:13:24.209 --> 01:13:32.209
And again, please keep your
reactions between your ears.

01:13:32.542 --> 01:13:33.542
Microphone number two.

01:13:35.876 --> 01:13:38.750
- We have a chance here in
Concord to send a message that

01:13:38.751 --> 01:13:41.208
if our legislatures
cannot get the job done,

01:13:41.209 --> 01:13:42.541
we can act locally.

01:13:42.542 --> 01:13:46.082
We can show the way, set the
example, shame the legislators,

01:13:46.083 --> 01:13:48.082
maybe provoke them to act.

01:13:48.083 --> 01:13:49.833
- Thank you very much.

01:13:49.834 --> 01:13:51.041
- In my 11 seconds left...

01:13:51.042 --> 01:13:52.958
- Well we\'ve got so
many people waiting,

01:13:52.959 --> 01:13:55.291
and you had such a
powerful wind up.

01:13:55.292 --> 01:13:58.751
(LAUGHTER)

01:13:59.209 --> 01:14:01.750
If we could go to the
cafeteria, please.

01:14:01.751 --> 01:14:03.999
- These corporations
are drilling

01:14:04.000 --> 01:14:07.625
for water that otherwise
would be flowing for free.

01:14:07.626 --> 01:14:10.333
They\'re spending a lot of
money to tell us how to vote.

01:14:10.334 --> 01:14:13.541
Let\'s not do it their way.

01:14:13.542 --> 01:14:16.833
- The spirit of April 19th
lives on in this town,

01:14:16.834 --> 01:14:20.082
the spirit of creating a
new, more rational and more

01:14:20.083 --> 01:14:21.625
just world.

01:14:21.626 --> 01:14:23.998
Democracy is not just
about consumer freedom,

01:14:23.999 --> 01:14:25.750
it\'s about responsible
self-governance.

01:14:25.751 --> 01:14:26.917
(BELL RINGS)

01:14:26.918 --> 01:14:27.834
Perfect!

01:14:27.835 --> 01:14:30.082
(LAUGHTER)

01:14:30.083 --> 01:14:31.998
- I am a senior at
the high school and...

01:14:31.999 --> 01:14:32.626
- I...

01:14:32.627 --> 01:14:35.041
just to clarify, Mr. Beezey,
are you a registered voter?

01:14:35.042 --> 01:14:35.876
- I am a registered voter, yes.

01:14:35.877 --> 01:14:37.124
- Excellent, thank you.

01:14:37.125 --> 01:14:38.666
- And I\'d like to
remind you guys

01:14:38.667 --> 01:14:41.625
that you guys will not
see the repercussions

01:14:41.626 --> 01:14:45.458
of these carcinogens coming
through our children.

01:14:45.459 --> 01:14:48.708
They will be through my children
and my generation\'s children.

01:14:48.709 --> 01:14:51.541
And so I\'d just like you
to hand down Concord to us

01:14:51.542 --> 01:14:54.541
in a safe, better
organized town.

01:14:54.542 --> 01:14:55.459
Thank you very much.

01:14:55.460 --> 01:14:56.998
- Thank you.

01:14:56.999 --> 01:15:02.666
- We are in the midst of a
major global water shortage.

01:15:02.667 --> 01:15:07.791
The industry is gaining
control of water resources

01:15:07.792 --> 01:15:11.166
at an unprecedented rate.

01:15:11.167 --> 01:15:14.333
This article is revolutionary.

01:15:14.334 --> 01:15:18.709
But Concord, we have
revolution in our genes.

01:15:38.083 --> 01:15:42.124
- To be clear... if you are in
favor of the citizen petition,

01:15:42.125 --> 01:15:45.292
please rise and hold the
ballots up if you would, please.

01:15:55.751 --> 01:15:56.459
Thank you.

01:15:56.460 --> 01:16:01.666
And all who are opposed, please
rise and hold your ballots

01:16:01.667 --> 01:16:04.124
high.

01:16:04.125 --> 01:16:06.667
- I don\'t think I can
stand it if we lose.

01:16:09.626 --> 01:16:10.626
We won\'t lose.

01:16:13.083 --> 01:16:14.083
- It could happen.

01:16:22.042 --> 01:16:23.583
- What do you think?

01:16:23.584 --> 01:16:25.999
- I think there are a
lot of young parents,

01:16:26.000 --> 01:16:29.541
young 30-somethings that showed
up here who don\'t want anybody

01:16:29.542 --> 01:16:31.999
telling them what
they can\'t buy.

01:16:32.000 --> 01:16:34.998
And that they
don\'t care, really,

01:16:34.999 --> 01:16:38.998
about what they\'re
leaving their kids.

01:16:38.999 --> 01:16:40.958
They care about...

01:16:40.959 --> 01:16:41.709
- Convenience.

01:16:41.710 --> 01:16:43.416
- They want to choose
what\'s on the shelf.

01:16:43.417 --> 01:16:45.998
- Yeah, yeah.

01:16:45.999 --> 01:16:47.374
They feel privileged.

01:16:47.375 --> 01:16:48.375
- Yeah.

01:16:52.751 --> 01:16:54.708
I\'ve lost all my fingernails...

01:16:54.709 --> 01:16:56.625
except for that one.

01:16:56.626 --> 01:16:59.541
It\'s just that it\'s
been a bad week.

01:16:59.542 --> 01:17:00.000
- Really?

01:17:00.001 --> 01:17:03.416
(LAUGHTER)

01:17:03.417 --> 01:17:05.541
You\'ve done
everything you could.

01:17:05.542 --> 01:17:06.998
I\'ve done everything I could.

01:17:06.999 --> 01:17:09.166
- Yeah.

01:17:09.167 --> 01:17:11.958
- If it loses, at least
we fought a good fight.

01:17:11.959 --> 01:17:12.959
- Yup.

01:17:15.125 --> 01:17:17.999
- And I\'ll be back next
year, if it does lose.

01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:19.750
- Well I won\'t be
with you, dear.

01:17:19.751 --> 01:17:21.583
I\'ve got to something
different next year.

01:17:21.584 --> 01:17:22.459
- I know.

01:17:22.460 --> 01:17:23.791
- Let\'s win this year, OK?

01:17:23.792 --> 01:17:24.667
- Yeah, I think...

01:17:24.668 --> 01:17:26.584
I think that would
be the best solution.

01:17:38.709 --> 01:17:40.124
(BELL RINGING)

01:17:40.125 --> 01:17:42.750
- Could I have your
attention please?

01:17:42.751 --> 01:17:46.708
In a vote by the moderators
in each of the three rooms,

01:17:46.709 --> 01:17:49.958
and in some case with two
separate counters where

01:17:49.959 --> 01:17:57.959
the counters reach the exact
same number, Article 32...

01:17:59.751 --> 01:18:07.291
403 Yes\', 364 No\'s... passes
by a margin of 39 votes.

01:18:07.292 --> 01:18:07.834
- Yeah!

01:18:07.835 --> 01:18:11.209
(APPLAUSE)

01:18:17.167 --> 01:18:19.125
- Oh, thank God.

01:18:31.999 --> 01:18:33.041
Oh, Jill...

01:18:33.042 --> 01:18:33.584
- All right.

01:18:33.585 --> 01:18:34.750
Good job, dear.

01:18:34.751 --> 01:18:36.374
- Well, listen, I
couldn\'t have...

01:18:36.375 --> 01:18:37.750
I wouldn\'t be here without you.

01:18:37.751 --> 01:18:38.292
You know that.

01:18:38.293 --> 01:18:40.208
- Well, I wouldn\'t be
here without you, honey.

01:18:40.209 --> 01:18:41.998
This is a mutual admiration.

01:18:41.999 --> 01:18:44.374
You\'re the lefty,
I\'m the righty.

01:18:44.375 --> 01:18:45.750
You\'re the creative idea girl...

01:18:45.751 --> 01:18:46.167
- You got the ball rolling...

01:18:46.168 --> 01:18:48.082
- I\'m the practical,
get-it-done girl.

01:18:48.083 --> 01:18:48.999
- She\'s the one...

01:18:48.999 --> 01:18:49.999
- We\'re a perfect match.

01:18:50.000 --> 01:18:51.374
- I know, we\'re a team.

01:18:51.375 --> 01:18:54.208
- You got the ball rolling, and
she grabbed it and ran with it.

01:18:54.209 --> 01:18:55.374
- Yeah, that\'s right.

01:18:55.375 --> 01:18:57.625
- Oh my gosh, it\'s a good
thing I had some free time.

01:18:57.626 --> 01:18:58.459
(LAUGHTER)

01:18:58.460 --> 01:18:59.917
- Well, what are
you going to do?

01:18:59.918 --> 01:19:01.833
Go to Italy with your boyfriend.

01:19:01.834 --> 01:19:02.459
- Oh, all right.

01:19:02.460 --> 01:19:04.166
Well, I\'ve got to
play golf tomorrow.

01:19:04.167 --> 01:19:05.708
And then I\'ve got
to bike on Friday.

01:19:05.709 --> 01:19:07.998
So those are my
next appointments.

01:19:07.999 --> 01:19:09.958
- Well, I think you don\'t
get enough exercise.

01:19:09.959 --> 01:19:11.416
- Yeah, you think?

01:19:11.417 --> 01:19:14.374
I haven\'t recently.

01:19:14.375 --> 01:19:14.918
- Well...

01:19:14.919 --> 01:19:17.333
- All right, let\'s go.

01:19:17.334 --> 01:19:18.875
- Well, I have to
get disconnected.

01:19:18.876 --> 01:19:21.833
- Oh, OK.

01:19:21.834 --> 01:19:23.291
- So I\'m supposed to...

01:19:23.292 --> 01:19:25.833
Cut!

01:19:25.834 --> 01:19:30.124
- Concord Town Meeting, they
voted now to ban plastic water

01:19:30.125 --> 01:19:31.833
bottles.

01:19:31.834 --> 01:19:34.041
Are you kidding me?

01:19:34.042 --> 01:19:34.834
Nope.

01:19:34.835 --> 01:19:37.249
Took them three years, but
apparently they have convinced

01:19:37.250 --> 01:19:40.625
everybody, yes, this is
the scourge of the Earth

01:19:40.626 --> 01:19:44.249
and it\'ll be banned... at least
until somebody a little higher

01:19:44.250 --> 01:19:46.875
up than the Concord Town
Meetings members says \"No,

01:19:46.876 --> 01:19:48.458
that\'s absolutely crazy.\"

01:19:48.459 --> 01:19:51.958
Andrea Cohen has been involved
in this since day one.

01:19:51.959 --> 01:19:53.791
Andrea, good morning.

01:19:53.792 --> 01:19:54.917
- Hi, Jeff, how are you?

01:19:54.918 --> 01:19:56.625
- I\'m doing well, and yourself?

01:19:56.626 --> 01:19:57.666
- I\'m doing great.

01:19:57.667 --> 01:20:00.333
Yeah, actually not doing
great because I\'m bummed out

01:20:00.334 --> 01:20:04.124
that this ridiculous,
overreaching bottled water ban

01:20:04.125 --> 01:20:06.042
took place in
Concord last night.

01:20:17.542 --> 01:20:21.082
- \"On September
5th, 2012, Concord

01:20:21.083 --> 01:20:24.041
became the first
community in the nation

01:20:24.042 --> 01:20:27.458
to approve a ban on
plastic bottles.\"

01:20:27.459 --> 01:20:28.626
We made it to Wikipedia.

01:20:32.083 --> 01:20:36.834
(MUSIC PLAYING)