Posted on 09/20/2005 2:38:10 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Smoking Ban Meeting Planned For Tuesday
POSTED: 7:04 pm CDT September 19, 2005 UPDATED: 1:35 pm CDT September 20, 2005
MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Common Council is preparing to clear the air on the city's smoking ban Tuesday night.
Many of those who have rallied to repeal the smoking ban are expected to attend Tuesday night's common council meeting.
Three smoking-related things are on the agenda including an outright appeal of the ban, an amendment to allow businesses to apply for a hardship exemption and a proposal for a citywide referendum.
"It doesn't look like there's enough votes to repeal the ban," said Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. "And at this point, it doesn't look like there are enough votes for the other options as well. At this point, it looks like the smoking ban will remain in place."
Spokesmen for the group that supports repealing the smoking ban said they have eight of the 11 votes needed for repeal.
Another nasty arzed anti. Our threads sure bring them out from under their rocks, don't they?
When they can't intelligently debate an issue, they result to personal attacks. We see it all the time.
I moved to this country only few months ago.
But you can do absolutely nothing about it except other than getting more agitated. Burn more and smoke some more!!!!
work for myself outdoors, so I smoke everywhere. I set off a good forest fire last week. I hope they don't get any DNA off my dead filter.
It's like, you know, whether to sell the whole kelo or break it up into ounces... Honest.
Wow, guys let us not resort to name calling and religion.
velocityguy
I read the complete sentence as did metesky and others. It is an AND statement.
To state what you are NOW trying to say you MEANT to say, you SHOULD have written:
"I don;t [sic] like smokers who throw their cigarettes on the road while driving."
Your home page states you have a Ph.D from IIT. This should be logical to you.
You caught that too, huh?
He's the one whose arrogance started it. I refuse to put up with this 'new' type of immigrant any longer, legal or illegal. If this country is good enough to welcome him in, he needs to show a little gratitude and courtesy rather than belittle Americans and tell them how to live while he pulls down his salary. This is becoming more & more common, and I refuse to keep quiet about it any longer in the name of political correctness. I am NOT going to be dictated to by someone who immigrates here-again-just for the money. He doesn't know the first thing about freedom, nor does he care.
Hey, anyone using Electronic technology devices made after 2001 are already dictated how to live by me and my colleagues who contributed for technology development. Change is inevitable in life. If one cannot evolve with the changes dictated by the foreign scientists like me, my chinese friends, Russians and Europeans they are bound to be lost in their frustrations!!!!
If he is arrogant then its his loss. Take no offense, our difference of opinions doesn't give us the right to use abusive language, name calling or racist religious lingo against our fellow FRiends. Just a thought. Where is he arrogant? I do not see his posts arrogant or profane. He already said he loves America. Just read his profile FRiend. I work in Hi-Tech industry myself. We need foreign techies. They bring in a wealth of knowledge and work late hours unlike me who has to go home to my family sharply at 5:00PM :D
Thank you for being honest.......however the honesty of your selfishness has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
You are entitled to your selfishness in your line of work - but have no right to it when it adversely impacts the line of work of others.
Ordinarily I would welcome one such as yourself who has chosen to immigrate to the US - in your case, at this moment in time, I cannot because of your total ignorance of the rights of private property owners and your lack of understanding of the rights of business owners. In order to enjoy the freedoms and rights of the US you must first learn to respect the rights and freedoms of others - something you have obviously not done.
Your comment regarding my sanity is nothing short of laughable and in fact I am still laughing about it - such inane repetition of the anti-smoker playbook rhetoric should be beneath the dignity of a self proclaimed "scientist."
You obviously know nothing about me - so spare me your sanctimony about consulting - "consultants" are a dime a dozen - I know, as I have been one for some 20 years.
Reasearch on this particular subject (smoking bans) happens to be one of my areas of expertise.
The reason jobs have "titles" is to stroke the egos of some members of society who need a boost in their self-esteem. The last time I "needed" a title was more than 20 years ago.
My privately owned business is not public property and you are only permitted to enter with my say so.
You don't like it - go back where you came from - there are too many of your kind that were born here already - we don't need you.............
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