[NautiNurse]

Mayor Fred's address: costello@ormondbeach.org

and the rest of the City Commission

[Gabz]

You're quick - I'm still playing around on the site trying to find it!!!

Thank you!!!!!

[SheLion]

Florida: Ormond mayor airs smoking ban idea

Dear Mayor Costello,

Concerning your proposed smoking ban in Ormond Beach:  why do you want to cut out 25-30% of your economy?  In this day, the economy is under a lot of pressure, yet you wish to choke off MORE of your economy by restricting 25-30% of your tourists AND your constituents who smoke.

For the children?  Do you realize that is the same mantra that Hitler used back in the 40's to prohibit people from smoking?  Are you now wearing brown shirts and marching in jack boots?

Tobacco is a legal product.  If you want to control, restrict and ban smokers, then why don't you call for an all out ban?  Pull all tobacco products off of the shelves in your district.  That would "really" get the message across.

And one more thing:  if you carry through with this ban, then I believe that all tobacco settlement money should stop filling your coffers.

Smoking tourists from out of state do not WANT to spend their money in Florida anymore! So I hope your budget can carry the loss.