Comments: This Will Be An Interesting Day
Where was this bird flipper positioned per your smoke exhalation? was it wafting into his home? his window? his face closer than 25 (ahem get some lime green tape and measure it for him)from your workplace, the said building that permits you now, by law and you are entitled to smoke BY LAW 25 feet from this building. You have the right to take breaks at work, 2 times a day, and now you have a right to smoke anywhere you damn well please 25 feet from an entrance to a building. I do not believe they were counting windows, if they did, that in itself is a pile of shit. Make sure he doesn't walk across your tape line with his bullshit. You have the right to smoke without it.
Posted by Stephany at April 20, 2006 08:05 AM
One more thing, Valdez most likely will not go upstairs and take a measurement of parts per billion to see if said smoke entered in any other way than via the damn door. Oh come on, I wish there was more time and money and effort spent finding the mentally ill housing, the homeless housing, and guess what? they smoke too, so good fucking luck with that, law making assholes. Side note, and I always have one: because my daughter does not smoke--she usually wasn't allowed outside at Western State's afternoon smoke break, though why they couldn't combine the group, who cares, she always waited to play basketball when there was a staff available and me to go acting as 2nd staff. Now, add the mental health aspect to this smoking ban. On the grounds of Western State Hospital, where they won't allow caffeinated soda and admire their so called healthy dietian planned meals, they still allow people the right to a smoke. Guess the State can't afford Nicotine gum or patches. Smokes are a hot commodity on that property, within the patient zones. Back to the 25 feet rule: no way can this be applied to certain areas. That back alley ban is jumping all over your rights on a public access to do what is legal. Reminds me of a neighborhood that placed speed bumps and "thru traffic only" signs in it. I cut through anyway and told the cop that I was driving on a King County maintained, and owned road, and I as a tax payer have every right to be on it. So go smoke in the alley. Get it in the paper. What are you waiting for?
Posted by Stephany at April 20, 2006 08:13 AM