Call the cops.. there has been a ceramic mugging in Minneapolis

This post comes from a very good friend of the Shadow who couldn't have put this any better way.

I think we all have a few ceramic coffee mugs we don't want, like or use.
When an archeologist digs for signs of ancient civilizations, the first evidence found is invariable broken pottery. We know more about ancient civilizations crockery than we know about their agriculture. Ceramics will sit in land fills forever.
Please, lets all pitch in, and save the environment. The City of Minneapolis has decided they will no longer spend up to $500 per year for paper/plastic cups. (I don't know who drinks hot beverages from a paper cup more than once, but that's beside the point). Their stated alternatives are ceramic mug donations and those purchased from second hand and/or discount stores. I have nothing against these stores, but I don't want to incur the labor costs of shopping for used/discount coffee cups out of the city budget.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/2008-meetings/20080321/docs/Coffee-Cup-Resolution.pdf
DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR UNWANTED CERAMIC MUGS.
Donate them to the city council and save the environment. Next year, we will need to appropriate funds for the labor costs of cleaning ceramic mugs, environmental impact studies concerning proper disposal of ceramic mugs, and scientific research concerning the efficiency of hand washing versus machine washing.