Kroger: plastic bag recycling

[Dear Kroger,]

Thank you for the excellent service and high quality products Kroger offers. It is no surprise that Kroger is the number one grocery store in the Atlanta area. Recently, I noticed that Kroger baggers began using only one bag for all but the heaviest items. Thank you! The extra bags contributed to waste, pollution and higher costs, so I hope this is a chain-wide change.

To further reduce waste and pollution, please place plastic bag recycling bins at your stores. This would be a valuable service to Kroger customers. Publix and WalMart (numbers two and three in Atlanta) have bins in their stores where customers can recycle grocery store bags. Please don't force Kroger shoppers to go to Publix to recycle our Kroger plastic bags.

Although I use cloth bags to carry some of my groceries, I still need a place to recycle excess Kroger bags. Please provide a place to do that at neighborhood Krogers.

Thank you for considering this idea.

[Karama C. Neal]

Darfur Accountability Act

Dear President Bush,

I am writing to request your strong support of the Darfur Accountability Act (S.495, H.R.1424). The actions mandated by this bill will stabilize the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan and in neighboring areas by reducing the number of deaths. It is critical that the United States act now, directly, and in support of the African Union, to stop the genocide.  Over 400,000 people have already lost their lives in this senseless tragedy. Millions of others have been displaced.

Georgia is home to many Sudanese refugees, commonly called "Lost Boys of Sudan." I have had several opportunities to talk with these men and women and those conversations have deepened my concern about the conflict in Sudan. Such instability is detrimental not only to the people of Sudan but to the world at large. As citizens of the world, we owe it to ourselves, and the people of Sudan, to stop this genocide.
 
Please support the Darfur Accountability Act and help make this possible.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Karama C. Neal