Last para is sweet -- "Austin deserves to be commended for its candid assessment of what its plastic bag ban has actually accomplished ... it should encourage a

Last para is sweet -- "Austin deserves to be commended for its candid assessment of what its plastic bag ban has actually accomplished ... it should encourage a more thorough and realistic assessment of what such a ban can actually accomplish" Just as every other task, as long as the administrators are ready to monitor and calibrate their approach to environmental policies, good intentions matters!