To be fair, they're about as stupid as disposable plastic shopping bags, which the council voted to ban today. Now we're in the 30-day window when the plastic lobby can file a referendum to put that measure on the ballot—just like they did in 2009, when the American Chemistry Council ran a $1.4 million campaign and voters repealed the council's restrictions on shopping bags.

If the bag issue goes to the ballot again, how will Seattle vote? To the legally binding, hermetically sealed, perfect-representation-of-the-electorate Slog polls!