Inothi lomhleli: Inguqulo yangaphambilini yale ndaba ibonise ngokungalungile ubukhulu bezikhwama zepulasitiki ezivunyelwe eDelaware. Ubukhulu besikhwama bungadlula ama-mil angu-2.25, futhi amaDemocrat anethemba lokwethula umthethosivivinywa wokuvimbela izikhwama ezingaphansi kwama-mil angu-10.
Ngemva kokuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kwezikhwama zokuthenga zepulasitiki ekuqaleni kwalonyaka, abenzi bomthetho baseDelaware bathembisa ukufaka eminye imikhawulo ngemuva kokuba izitolo ziqale ukusebenzisa izikhwama zepulasitiki ezijiyile esikhundleni sezikhwama zephepha noma zendwangu ezilindelekile.
Ngo-2019, izishayamthetho zavimbela ukutholakala kwezikhwama zepulasitiki zokuthenga lapho kuthengwa. Lesi sinyathelo saqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 1 kulo nyaka. Lokhu kwenzelwa ukukhuthaza izitolo ezinkulu nabathengi ukuthi bashintshele ezikhwameni ezingasetshenziswa kabusha ukuze kuncishiswe imfucuza yemvelo.
Nakuba izitolo zibonakala zilandela imithetho, abantu abaningi bathole nokuthi ukufaka izikhwama zepulasitiki ezincane esikhundleni sezikhwama zepulasitiki eziqinile kuzoveza lokho abagxeki abakubiza ngokuthi “izihibe” emthethweni.
Izikhulu zazinethemba lokuthi lo mkhawulo uzokhuthaza abathengi ukuthi basebenzise izikhwama ezijiyile ngemva kokukhokha. Kodwa kubonakala sengathi abathengi abakhumbuli ukubuyisela izikhwama ezijiyile esitolo ngesikhathi esizayo. Izitolo eziningi zinikeza zona lapho zikhokha njengezikhwama eziqinile nezincane.
Ummeleli Kahulumeni uGerald Brady waseWellington D uhlela ukwethula umthethosivivinywa wokuvimbela izikhwama zokuthenga ezingaphansi kwama-mils ayi-10 ubukhulu, kanye nokukhululwa okuthile okusekelwe ekusetshenzisweni kabusha.
UBrady uthe esitatimendeni: “Kuyacasula ukuthi ezinye izinkampani zikhetha ukusizakala ngezihibe eziphikisana nomoya (wokuvinjelwa).”
UBrady uthe uhlela ukuhambisa umthethosivivinywa emasontweni ambalwa ezayo. Ingqungquthela izobanjwa kuze kube nguJuni 30. Ngemva kwalokho, amalungu ephalamende aphumula izinyanga eziyisithupha.
Ngokusho kukaShawn Garvin, uNgqongqoshe Wezinsizakusebenza Zemvelo, izikhwama ezijiyile zingase zisetshenziswe kabusha, kuye ngokuthi zisetshenziswa kangaki, njengoba zikhiqiza imfucuza yepulasitiki eyengeziwe.
Njengezikhwama ezincane, lezi zikhwama azikwazi ukuphinda zisetshenziswe ekhaya. Abathengi bangazibuyisela esitolo esinokusetshenziswa kabusha esitolo, kodwa kulula ukukhohlwa ukuthi le nsizakalo ikhona.
Ukuvinjelwa kusavumela iDelaware ukusebenzisa ezinye izinhlobo eziningana zezikhwama zepulasitiki, njengezikhwama zokulethwa kwephephandaba noma izikhwama zikadoti. Izikhwama zephepha zisavunyelwe lapho ukhokha.
Ngo-2019, izishayamthetho zazama ukudlulisa ukuvinjelwa kwezikhwama zephepha okwakuhlongozwa futhi zehluleka imizamo yokuvimbela izikhwama zepulasitiki ngesizathu sokuthi ukwenziwa kwezikhwama zephepha nakho kuyingozi emvelweni.
Ummeleli uMichael Smith we-R-Pike Creek wethula okokuqala umthethosivivinywa wesikhwama sephepha ngo-2019. Uthe ngeke asebenze kanzima kulo nyaka ngoba unethemba lokuthi amaDemocrats azosebenzisa umthethosivivinywa wawo ukuxazulula le nkinga.
Okhulumela uBrady akaqinisekisanga ukuthi ukuvinjelwa kwezikhwama zephepha kuzoba yingxenye yomthethosivivinywa walo nyaka, kodwa uthe abenzi bomthetho bayakucabangela lokho.
Kunalokho, isitolo kumele sibe ngamafidi-skwele angu-7,000 noma ngaphezulu, noma, uma kunezindawo ezintathu noma ngaphezulu eDelaware, isitolo ngasinye kumele okungenani sibe ngamafidi-skwele angu-3,000.
Ifanele i-7-11, i-Acme, i-CVS, i-Food Lion, i-Giant, i-Janssens, i-Walgreens, i-Redners Markets, i-Rite Aid, i-SaveALot, i-SuperValu, i-Safeway, i-ShopRite, i-Wawa, i-Weiss Markets, i-Macy's, i-Home Depot, i-Big Lots, ngokomthetho Izidingo zosayizi wesitolo kanye nenani lezindawo, "ezingaphansi kwezinhlanu", "izicathulo ezidumile", "i-Nordstrom" kanye "nedolobha lephathi".
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Meyi-26-2021