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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> March 11, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Mayor Harry Kim <br /> 25 Aupuni St. <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br /> Dear Hang, <br /> After all these years of supporting you I am now, for the second time, extremely <br /> <br /> disappointed in you. Your decision to veto the proposed smoking ban shows a great <br /> lack of concern for a healthier society and a cleaner environment. How can a man of <br /> your intelligence fail to see the overwhelming evidence in support of this beneficial <br /> ban? You are acting like a politician again. <br /> Some time ago you voted for the barking, whining, howling dogs and against us <br /> citizens who continue to suffer from this unbearable noise pollution. You took a poli- <br /> tician's stance saying that such a proposed law was unenforceable Harry, all laws are <br /> <br /> unenforceable if they are not enforced. Then you wrote to me saying that an enforce- <br /> able law against barking dogs is being worked on. Have you conveniently forgotten <br /> about this promise? I think of you every time my neighbor's three dogs bark, howl and <br /> whine near my bedroom window day and night. <br /> Smoking is not a right or privilege. It is a plague that causes untold expense, grief, <br /> pollution and suffering. Just one whiff of tobacco smoke sets off a horrible migraine <br /> <br /> headache for me and has done so all my life. <br /> You haven't done your homework, Harry, or you are being a politician again. Make <br /> a list of all the benefits of a smoke-free society and compare it to the blank list of bene- <br /> fits of smoking. Do that today, before your legacy goes up in smoke. Show some <br /> courage, some backbone, some vision of a future healthier world. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> rHimBox 6497 <br /> Keaau, HI 96749 <br />