Battle of the (bag) bans
A measure of how seriously Bellinghamsters consider their city鈥檚 environmental policies: When The Bellingham Herald first reported on a proposed ordinance to ban single-use plastic shopping bags a few days ago, 343 readers had something spirited to say about it. That鈥檚 in a newspaper with a weekday circulation of 20,000. The number of responses may not be a record, says online editor Jim Donaldson, 鈥渂ut it鈥檚 right up there in the top four or five鈥 among Herald stories that have opened up the comment stream.