Contest winner leans green

This just in: A conservationist (and a local one at that!) has won the Since Sliced Bread contest I mentioned in October. His idea: taxing polluters to fund environmental efforts. The runners-up suggested connecting the minimum wage with the cost of living and reforming public education. Hey, why didn't we think of that?

This just in: A conservationist (and a local one at that!) has won the Since Sliced Bread contest I mentioned in October. His idea: taxing polluters to fund environmental efforts. The runners-up suggested connecting the minimum wage with the cost of living and reforming public education. Hey, why didn’t we think of that?

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