"In a move to keep the Comal and Guadalupe rivers from being trashed-out by tubers, New Braunfels City Council on Monday banned beer cans and other disposable containers on the rivers beginning Jan. 1, 2012. The ban was approved - on a 5-1 vote - after one protester had been arrested, another had thrown a volleyball-sized wad of dollar bills at the council, a lawsuit had been promised, and citizens had paraded to the podium for an hour to express their support or opposition..."