At the risk of being excoriated again by the well known mental defective
who haunts this list, I would like to make a point about multi-family
dwellings. This is
a separate issue from the restaurant and public area ban on smoking. I can
remember how much I disliked the smokers down the hall from me when I was in a
college dorm some decades ago. However, I have lived in several multi-family
dwellings since then and although I have occasionally noticed the smell of
smoke, I have not been excessively bothered by it.
Still, if it is strong enough to bother someone, it bothers someone.
Going back to the idea that someone else's right to swing their fist ends at the
tip of my nose, this is an issue that deserves some attention. However, I am
less sure of how I would word such a ban on smoking in multi-family dwellings.
Perhaps something like the laws about excessive noise, meaning that you
would have to make a complaint to the police and then get them to actually catch
the offender. Sounds difficult, but not impossible to work out.
If no one is bothered enough to make a complaint, then there is no crime.
I think something along those lines might be reasonable.
By the way, I am including my address and phone number, in case he feels
like coming over and saying something to me in person. I have had a brief
Internet exchange with this "keyboard commando" and he has declined to visit with
me, but I wanted to make the invitation public, in the same way that he did
in an effort to embarrass Guy Western.
BTW, I plan to be at the District 5 meeting located at Arlington Hills
Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, which is located at 1115 Greenbrier. The
Arlington Hills Lutheran Church is located on the northwest corner of Jessamine and
Greenbrier. Greenbrier is one block east of Payne and runs parallel to
Payne. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. tonight. I plan to be asking some questions
about Level III sex offenders, so I should not be hard to find.
Brett Sprangel
1116 Geranium Ave. East
Saint Paul, MN
651-793-6445
East Side
In a message dated 6/14/4 21:38:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< In multi-home dwellings like you'll find downtown, there's no way to
escape from a smoker that might be two or three floors away. >>
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