HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0013.314 2002-2004 7/23/03
WELL WITH MOST OF THE SQUEAKY WHEELS HAVING BEEN GREASED IT WOULD
SEEM THAT BILL 260 WILL SLIDE QUIETLY INTO THE REALM OF LAW, HUT
IF ONE WERE TO LISTEN, WITH EARS CLEAR OF BIASES, ONE COULD HEAR
THE PERSISTENT SQUEAK OF HYPOCRISY, THOUGHTLESSNESS, AND
INCONSIDERATION.
TAKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, COUNCILMAN BOB JACOBSON'S
QUOTE ZN THE H.T-H OF JUNE 15th "IF THESE CHANGES THE CHAIRMAN
AND THE MAYOR WANT ARE ENACTED, THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT HAVE A
SMOKING BILL", THESE WORDS SHOULD RING TRUE, MORE NOW THAN EVER.
IT IS TRULY TIME FOR THIS SOCIAL PROBLEM TO BE GIVEN BACK TO THE
PEOPLE AND ALLOW THEM THROUGH "FREE ENTERPRISE" AND CAPITALISM,
TO START ADDRESSING THIS SOCIAL PROBLEM.
IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT THE SMOKING PROBLEM IS BEING ADDRESSED
ON MANY LEVELS AND IS HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF A "SMOKE FREE"
SOCIETY. YES IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME, BUT IT IS HAPPENING
THROUGH THE CAPITALISTIC AND FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC
OPINION AND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND CHOICE.
FREEDOMS THAT GOT US INTO THIS SITUATION WILL, IN TIME, GET US
OUT OF IT AND ALONG WITH EDUCATION WE WILL LEAVE A LEGACY OF
SOLVING OUR SOCIAL PROBLEMS THROUGH SERVICING THE CAUSE RATHER
THAN CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS BY PASSING MORE LAWS THAT DO NOTHING
BUT SERVICE THE EFFECT. AND IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT WITHOUT A
CAUSE THERE IS NO EFFECT.
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDED AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT CATER TO
THEIR WANTS, EITHER SMOKING OR NONSMOKING. THE PUBLIC, IF
ALLOWED, CAN AND WILL SOLVE THIS SOCIAL DILEMMA WITHOUT ANY LAWS
THAT WILL DEPRIVE THEM OF THEIR FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND THOUGHT.
BY ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY THE FREEDOM TO SOLVE IT'S SOCIAL
PROBLEMS WE NOT ONLY MAKE THE COMMUNITY MORE HUMANE, MORE UNITED
AND STRONGER, WE ALSO MAKE THE CITIZENS MORE AWARE OF JUST WHAT
IT TAKES TO REMAIN FREE.
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