Lawmakers: Bottle surcharge doesn’t help towns clean up

By Kate Ramunni Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD It’sa routine that state Rep. Mary Mushinsky, D-Wallingford, knows well getting off the train and walking home, a trip of just less than a halfmile. Along the way, she encounters nips small bottles of alcohol sold at liquor stores that are frequently strewn along roads, highways and parks.

“I’m walking home from the train right now and I’ve already taken pictures of about 10 of them and I just found another four, so that’s 14 and I’ve only gone two blocks,” Mushinsky said during a phone interview Friday afternoon.

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