<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ron,<div><br></div><div>Just what every fire needs - Someone to pour gasoline on it! *S*</div><div><br></div><div>I strongly urge the "visionaries" not to joke like this or the Gang of 7 will have to do something about it!</div><div><br></div><div>But seriously, why not a helmet law for bicycles and motorcycles? Ban trans-fats from moscow restaurants. What about bicyclists that refuse to get off their bikes in</div><div>pedestrian cross walks?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And my favorite, as already recognized by the Gang, peeing in swimming pools!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 30, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Ron Force wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">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:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>