The Fat-Tailed Sheep | Plastic man stretches himself in Seattle Times

Plastic man stretches himself in Seattle Times

On January 16, the Seattle Times published a letter critical of the the proposed Seattle plastic bag ban submitted by one “Ken Holmes” of Seattle, which makes charges of “false claims” and “misleading information”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2017234273_groceryplasticbagban.html

The local newspaper of record neglected to mention, however, that “Ken Holmes” is not just a concerned Seattle citizen. He is in fact the Marketing Director for American Plastic Manufacturing in South Seattle and therefore has a bit of interest at stake in this debate.

I know of Ken Holmes’s identity because the Seattle Times itself quoted him in a story about the plastic bag ban little more than a month ago in December:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016936592_plasticbags05m.html

Ken Holmes’s intense conflict of interest seems a worthwhile fact to disclose to your readers.

Posted on January 17, 2012