Water world: Malwitz-Jipson dons bottles to present to state legislators

  • Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, a Fort White resident, wears a collection of used plastic bottled water containers as she addressed the legislative delegation Tuesday in the Columbia County School Board Administrative Complex Auditorium. Malwitz-Jipson said she wore the bottles to show legislators an example of waste, noting the water bottles will pollute the environment for years. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
    Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, a Fort White resident, wears a collection of used plastic bottled water containers as she addressed the legislative delegation Tuesday in the Columbia County School Board Administrative Complex Auditorium. Malwitz-Jipson said she wore the bottles to show legislators an example of waste, noting the water bottles will pollute the environment for years. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

    Decked out in a one-of-a-kind vest, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson wasn’t bottled up when addressing the Columbia County legislative delegation.

    The final speaker at Tuesday’s hearing at the Columbia School …