<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Suggestion from Seattle to pass on to the Moscow City Council (from the Seattle PI ):<br><br>"Councilman may want to ban smoking in city parks<br>The enemy is apparently smoking a cigarette, riding a bike without a helmet and holding a plastic grocery bag. All in a city park.<br>Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen may try to ban the first. He is considering a proposal to ban smoking in city parks.<br>Seattlepostglobe has the story: <br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/30/city-councilman-considers-proposing-smoking-ban-in-seattle-parks">http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/07/30/city-councilman-considers-proposing-smoking-ban-in-seattle-parks</a></span>"<br><br> “Many cities now ban smoking in parks and at city beaches. Over 100 cities and
towns in California now ban smoking at parks and beaches. Puyallup and Gig Harbor already have such a prohibition."<br><br>California banned smoking on beaches because of the accumulation of cigarette butts.<br><br>Now retiring to a safe distance to watch the fun...<img src="http://mail.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2/04.gif"><br><br>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div></div><br>
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