| Re: Lewisville Council Mulls Restaurant, Bar Smoking Ban |
Poster: James Posted: 2012/6/23 3:08:51 Have done so repeatedly, beginning with this one: [these guys just don't know what they're getting into!] Lewisville City Council Mulls Smoking Ban June 18, 2012 9:50 PM http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/06/18/le ... ouncil-mulls-smoking-ban/ LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – Lewisville could be the next city jumping on the no-smoking ban-wagon: The City Council is strongly considering banning lighting up in restaurants and bars. COMMENT: Unfortunately, as will be commented below, even any such most benevolent action of the Lewisville Texas City Council, falls far short of “truely protecting public health.” If it ends up passing the ban, establishments like Frankie’s Sports Bar & Grill would have to go cold turkey. “That’s a bad deal,” Mike said with a freshly lit cigarette smoldering in his ashtray. Mike is what you’d call a regular at Frankie’s. But, if he can’t smoke inside the restaurant anymore, he said he’ll take his business elsewhere. “I’ll find another town to spend my money in,” he said. Lewisville City Council members were hammering out details of the ordinance in a work session on the issue Monday. Councilman T.J. Gilmore supports the ban. “It needs to happen. When we go into a restaurant and need to protect those servers. We need to protect those folks who can’t deal with it and we most importantly need to protect the public health,” he said. COMMENT: As commented above, any such “smoking ban/s” simply stops quite short, of what “we” could call; “TRULY PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH.” In order to accoplish “true protection of public health,” “we” must also be prepared to go after the “NUMBER ONE HEALTH PROBLEM IN AMERICA,” that of “OBESITY.” If “we” are not prepared to do this as well, then “we” are NOT in fact “truly concerned about public health.” You see, OBESITY leads directly to Diabetes, which leads to things like festering sores, amputations, and severe heart disease, all of which equates to long-term and very expensive medical care. “WE NEED TO PROTECT THESE FOLKS WHO CAN’T DEAL WITH IT.” True, obesity is not necessarily caused by cigarette smoke, but by certain “other things,” which should at least fit into the same sort of category. [further comments below] Councilman John Gorena is very much against a ban. “It’s not because I like smoking. It’s because it’s a rights issue,” he said. And Councilman John Gorena doesn’t think it’s a city council’s right to make that decision. “It’s up to the manager or owner, business owner to have smoking in their facility or not,” Councilman Gorena said. COMMENT: Who cares about “rights,” when it comes to the question of “protecting the public health?” Obesity is caused by just one more form of addiction, and “WE NEED TO PROTECT THESE FOLKS,” from WHAT THEY CAN’T DEAL WITH, and that is “JUNK FOODS!” As a matter of fact, “we” have already been in the process of “INVITING-DOWN SOME HELP” from “certain interests” in New York, to offer whatever help to Lewisville, Texas. [see further comment/s below] Some think it’s a voter’s right. “They should let the people decide,” a woman named Faria said. She and her dinner companion were both smoking. If you ask the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, it’ll say people prefer non- smoking restaurants. It’s what they’re asked for the most. COMMENT: Just like smoke-free restaurants, there should also be junk- free super-markets, convenience stores, and even baseball parks, like that big one in Arlington, Texas. This is all just so important, if we are “truly” to protect the public from the NUMBER ONE HEALTH PROBLEM; OBESITY. [see further comment/s below] Destiny Rodriguez wishes she’d asked about Frankie’s before she went in. “We came to eat and have a drink but I don’t know. Kind of makes you want to not want to be here,” she said making a face. The City Council is still hammering out details. But, they scheduled another work session on it and plan to put the item on the Lewisville City Council agenda for a vote during the next council meeting July 2nd. NOTE: “We” should also envision banning those absolutely disgusting ===== hot dogs from the Arlington, Texas baseball stadium. These things not only promote obesity, but are made from “processed meats” that contain “certain nitrates,” which are known to cause cancer. “We” know that such action might make many baseball fans very unhappy, but THIS MUST BE DONE, in order to “protect public health.” Anyone with anything to say about it should contact the City Council or show up to a meeting –– there’s one on every first and third Monday. COMMENT: [PROPOSAL] In the very same manner as non-smoking restaurants, “We” can envision so many “other things,” like even the “OBESITY REDUCTION SUPER-MARKET.” “ORSM.” This, of course, would require widespread modifications to all of our existing super-markets. These such “ORSMs” would be basically divided into two major sections. One section would contain absolutely no junk food at all, like NO SODA-POP, NO ‘TATO CHIPS, NO FROSTED FLAKES, NO BAKERY ITEMS, NOTHING CONTAINING TOO MUCH SUGAR. This is the ONLY SECTION of the “ORSM,” into which obese people are allowed, and the doorway would be made large enough for most any of them [fat people] to easily fit through. The second section of the “ORSM” super-market will be strictly reserved for “normal people only,” and will stock “ANY AND ALL PRODUCTS,” even to include soda-pop, potato-chips, frosted flakes, etc. However; and just in “our” efforts to “PREVENT FURTHER OBESITY,” there will NOT be found any such 2-LITER SODA-POPS,” because, hopefully by then, they too, will have been legislated illegal. Keeping obese people out of this section is relatively easy, just make the doorway/s smaller. Guards could be posted at “this” doorway, in order to prevent the FAT PEOPLE from sending their little kids inside, in order for them to try and smuggle-out “contraband products” to their obese parents. “WE” also propose, that if the City of Lewisville, Texas is in fact “truly concerned,” about their “public’s health,” then “they” will also consider very seriously, a “CITY-WIDE BAN ON 2-LITER SODAS.” Please to watch for “our” further UPDATES regarding this subject. [PREVIEWS OF COMMING ATTRACTIONS] BT NNNN |