Austin Gives Early Approval To Regulate BBQ Smoke (TX)

Cybercast News Service ^ | April 16, 2015 - 10:41 AM | Eric Scheiner

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These people need to go back to California.

[dfwgator]

Get a rope!

[DemforBush]

Messing with BBQ smoke is like putting beans in a bowl of Texas chili. Or putting ketchup on a hot dog. It just isn’t done!

[Tigerized]

Ah, Austin.

A little bit of Berkeley, right in the heart of Texas!

They should put electronic monitors on the residents, to make sure they can’t leave and infect the balance of the state...

[ThunderSleeps]

...residents complained to him that smoke coming from BBQ joints caused them to not be able to open their windows or enjoy their backyards...

...until they either cooked some of their own BBQ or bought some... I don't have a problem with BBQ smoke, except when I'm already hungry! ;-)

[VerySadAmerican]

It won’t be long before this guy complains about the smoke coming from his neighbor’s bbq grill. Then from the fireplace. The next step is regulating the amount of smoke coming from private citizens’ homes.

I lived in Austin in the early 90s and was more than ready to leave when I did.

And by the way, one semester at UT and I was almost turned into a leftie. Those guys are good. And one of the leftie professors was a retired Army Colonel.

[jonrick46]

Cry baby sissy boy doesn't like the BBQ smell!

MOVE!

[dfwgator]

Messing with BBQ smoke is like putting beans in a bowl of Texas chili. Or putting ketchup on a hot dog. It just isn’t done!

Or using salsa that comes from New York City.

[Bob434]

well perhaps his neighbors should start complaining about his exhaust from his vehicle, and the heat from his air condiotioner unit filtrating into their homes, and the smell from his oven range fan blowing food smells into their homes etc etc etc

[MaxMax]

These people need to go back to California

Amen to that. Up here in Dallas on a balmy summer Saturday afternoon the entire
city smells like a BBQ smokehouse, and it will make anybody hungry.

It just ligers in the air, that sweet mesquite and hardwood aroma.

[Impala64ssa]

Or putting ketchup on a hot dog. It just isn’t done!
That's one of many things Clint Eastwood is absolutely right about.

[Impala64ssa]

Reminds me of the ending of Goodfellas, when Henry Hill is in witness protection complaining that “I call out for marinara over linguine, and I get *bleeping* ketchup over noodles”.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Have they ever smelled NYC?

[Gaffer]

For benefit of Muslims?

[broken_arrow1]

Great, you stupid libtards want to shut down Frankin Barbeque in Austin, the best smoked meats this side of heaven...could end up start CWII just on this ‘tarding.

[Resolute Conservative]

Austin area gets a net increase of 129 people a day. This town has gone down the drain.

[wildbill]

At long last, have the econuts and super libs gone too far?

One of the most cherished traditions of Texas is Bar-B-Q.

[Olog-hai]

I’m still waiting for them to devise away to curtail the “emissions” of forest fires and volcanoes.

[CSM]

Texans wanted their smoking bans and they got them. Now they can live with the completely expecdted continuation of the erosion of private property rights.

Many of us predicted this a decade ago, while a few FReepers celebrated. I hope those FReepers enjoy the rewards they can now reap.