Comments by bureacracysucks
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Posted on September 23 at 7:48 p.m.
Newsie-
It's true that you can come in contact with cigarette smoke in various places around town and that can be annoying. But you do have the right to keep walking, or don't patronize a restaurant if you aren't comfortable there. As far as the football game goes, I completely agree that the smoker should have put the cigarette out. I really don't have a problem with the ban, I've smoked maybe 2 cigarettes in my life and don't plan on smoking again. And yes, it is annoying smelling like cigarettes when I go out. But I have also actually read the proposed ban. Has everyone else? The fact that you have to be 20 feet away from an entrance, window, or vent. Which, in downtown, means smokers would have to smoke in the street. Even if the business has a patio or would be willing to put one in (like bars/ restaurants have done in Lawrence) it wouldn't matter. Isn't that a little too much? Or my other favorite part, the three strikes and you are out clause. Which simply put would revoke the license of any business caught in violation three times. That kind of seems like the ban is targeting bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. Aren't bar owners also allowed equal protection under the law according to the fourteenth amendment. I don't think any law should directly or indirectly target anyone, especially when that entity employs people and pays it's fair share of taxes.
Posted on September 23 at 6:59 p.m.
I don't know if you have actually read the wording in the ban. I was actually for it at first being a non-smoker and a semi health nut. But in the ban it says you have to be 20 feet from any entrance, vent, window, etc. to smoke outside. So not only are we not allowing people to smoke inside, which I thought was reasonable since like in other cities they would be allowed to go outside or on a patio, but we are taking away the right for smokers to smoke on a patio. That seems way too restricting even for myself. I also read in the wording, if i was reading it correctly, that after three offenses the business would lose their license. Which kind of seems like they would be targeting liquor license holders specifically. What happened to equal protection under the law, the fourteenth amendment.
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Posted on September 24 at 10:39 a.m.
Just curious, if I were trying to ask questions of Clean Air Emporia. Does anyone know how to get ahold of a board member?
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