LA County Supervisors are "drawing heat" (not really, but that's what a newscaster would say) for their bottled water with custom-printed labels. The bottles of water (allegedly Arrowhead) have their labels removed and an LA County-logo label placed on them by a modestly paid intern. It prevents free advertising on cable-access TV for bottled water companies, they reason. It costs barely any money and takes very little time.
But that's not really the point, is it? No public official should be drinking bottled water, period. Everyone should have reusable bottles. Put taps and filters in municipal buildings if you want to improve the taste but no bottled water ever. Bottled water is a scourge on the planet and it's in bad taste for public servants to be drinking it in any economic climate.
An odd bit of info in that LA Times article? Three years ago Mayor Villaraigosa told employees to buy their own bottled water. Despite that, spending on bottled water has doubled in that time, to $189,000 a year.
The city could buy reusable bottles wholesale for ~$3 each, most of which would last several years and be way less douche-y.
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