SFist: Bottled Water Mad At Mayor

rroseselavy

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:56:09 -0800

Some people (yeah, me, I mean) drink water out of a bottle mostly for the convenience of carrying it around. I actually hate the taste you get with those reusable bottles. So yeah, I'd be sneaking it into City Hall in my purse or something.

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:10:26 -0800

So Gavin would rather I drank a bottle of soda rather than healthy H20?

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:05:04 -0800

Guest 6, another native NYer here. When I was growing up in the 70's and 8-0's, we were told constantly that NYC tap water was the best in the world: do you remember that? I think it wasn't just the usual rah-rah "NYC is great" hype, but there had been some sort of contest... And since I am guilty of being delighted when Gavin missteps, let me make up for it a smidge. Gavin, good work. The earth thanks you.

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:35:22 -0800

This is reminiciant of the beef industry going after Oprah. May Gavin fare better than she did. After my scientist friend gave me an education about PCBs, I saw the light. May logic prevail.

Deborah

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:31:25 -0800

Guest 5, I'm a native New Yorker and I have to say, NYC water is my favorite. Since I stopped drinking bottled water a month or two ago, I realized that SF water is pretty good, too. (I've just got to stop drinking it out of an ancient Arrowhead bottle that I refill twice a day.) Guest 4, I've got mad love for Gavin. I'm also allergic to patchhouli.

Akit

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:20:38 -0800

Here's a couple of points: --In a blind taste test conducted by one of our local news channels, they said that when water is chilled, hetch hechy water was best in the test. --On Penn and Teller's "Bullshit," they did a blind taste test on New Yorkers, and a high majority actually liked the city's tap water. They also did a water experiment at a restaurant where a waiter served "exotic" waters from parts of the world, and the people said that this one tastes crisp, or better than the others. Actually, they came from the same garden hose. I think the clip is still on youtube.

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:57:02 -0800

So where's the praise for Gavin? He's taking a progressive and environmentally friendly stance against corporate interests. If this were Chris Daly, SFist would be overcome with fellow progressives celebrating his vision and bravery. I smell hypocrisy. It smells a bit like patchouli.

Greg

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:29:15 -0800

if you do a "google news" daily search on gavin newsom , the amazing amount of rage the drink industry is aiming right at newsom is pretty fierce. they are not going to let this go.

guest

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:33:29 -0800

You can find there info to write them here: http://www.bottledwater.org/public/contact%20IBWA_main.htm

guest

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:55:01 -0800

I agree that with good ol' Hetch Hetchy there's really no need for bottled water here in SF. When I go to other parts of the country, I find there's a considerable difference in the water.