Posted on 04/17/2008 4:25:21 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- A local community is breathing a little easier after a new crackdown on smoking is approved, NewsChannel5 reported.
North Royalton has banned smoking in parks, fields, parking lots and outdoor seating areas or on any city-owned land.
That means there's no smoking at places like the local ballpark, and the new ordinance takes place just in time for little league season.
Council members said they were just exercising the will of the people who want to curb the amount of second-hand smoke they have to breathe.
"We just don't like the cigarette butts laying all over the ground, the little kids walking on it. And smoking and throwing your butts all over the place, so we're kind of happy about it," said resident Terry Nameth Thomas.
The ordinance doesn't apply to city-owned sidewalks.
It also gives the mayor the leeway to create designated smoking areas should he choose.
Ping, please.
Smoking belongs in your own home or car, or outside city limits where nobody else has to suffer from your repulsive vice.
They should ban the Idiots who came up with this assininity.
Like I said, control freaks.
Do you live outside the city limits?
you forgot your sarcasm tag..
(Putting things in context)
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio — A local community is breathing a little easier after a new crackdown on farting is approved, NewsChannel5 reported.
North Royalton has banned farting in parks, fields, parking lots and outdoor seating areas or on any city-owned land.
That means there’s no farting at places like the local ballpark, and the new ordinance takes place just in time for little league season.
Council members said they were just exercising the will of the people who want to curb the amount of second-hand fart smell they have to breathe.
“We just don’t like the butts farting around, the little kids smelling it. And farting and throwing your butt all over the place, so we’re kind of happy about it,” said resident Terry Nameth Thomas.
The ordinance doesn’t apply to city-owned sidewalks.
It also gives the mayor the leeway to create designated farting areas should he choose.
If they really want to get serious about it, why not ban the sale of smokes? They won’t go that far because they want the tax money. Double standards. I’m an ex-smoker and I know how tough it is to stop smoking. I’ll never get in anyones face about it. They say that to stop smoking is worse than trying to get off drugs and I believe it. Go after the manufacturers. They are adding addictive products in the smokes.
>> “We just don’t like the cigarette butts laying all over the ground, the little kids walking on it. And smoking and throwing your butts all over the place, so we’re kind of happy about it,”<<
So ban LITTERING, you God-damned idiot!
When I read this I couldn't help but think of Churchill gone horribly wrong.
North Royalton has banned smoking in parks, fields, parking lots and outdoor seating areas or on any city-owned land.
"We shall ban them in the parks, we shall ban them in the fields, we shall ban them in the parking lots."
... and for the record, I hate smoking: when I was single (fairly recently), I would never consider dating a smoker.
But this will give the mattress tag police some extra work.
Hubby and I will be in Vegas next month where hubby will actually be ALLOWED to enjoy a cigar with this adult beverage with other like-minded adults. Oh, the horror!
Notice where our entertainment dollars go (hint: not to the State of Ohio).
While banning outdoor smoking is really stupid, the fellow does have a point about cigarette butts all over the ground. Why are most smokers inconsiderate pigs. The ground around my university building is covered by thousands of cigarette filters. It’s disgusting.
Excellent reply....
I figured I was going to get banned again.
Thank you.
The word is "lying" you oaf - the intransitive form. The transitive "laying" means "to cause to lie".
The real 
would know that.
It’s amazing how little the great outdoors dilutes the stench of cigarettes.
Congratulations, Recovering_Democrat!!! :-) I’m proud of you.
I guess nobody wants me buying stuff from their businesses, paying sales tax or property taxes with my ‘repulsive’ money, either.
More addictive than nicotine? They should add something to take care of the smell.
Should not have posted that in a public forum. The police might be waiting at the airport when you return home. For breaking laws from your home state while out of state.
They might just be knocking on/breaking down your door, for simple intent.
Please post your riotous smoking nazi grandma stuff.
Every university building has proper receptacles for butts (and trash). Why do almost all of the smokers think it's OK to simply throw their trash on the ground. Filters do NOT degrade. The snow just melted and there are tens of thousands of butts outside the building.
Paper and cotton does not decompose? Nice try now go sit in the corner.
The smell of alcohol drives me crazy. I hate checking into a hotel room and smelling beer fumes. If a hotel has a bar, then there are people walking all over the place with alcohol on their breath, have you ever ridden in an elevator with a drunk? YUK! It’s even worse at the baseball games, football, basketball etc. All these people getting drunk on beer and booze they sneak into the venues.
Oh, don’t even get me started on all these alcoholics driving home...with KIDS in the cars!!! All that second hand alcohol abuse is killing MILLIONS every year! We must ban alcohol..
Sheesh...nanny staters...PASTRAMI!! It’s got too much fat!! BAN IT!!
I’m repulsed by fat people.
What if the will of the people is that the richest guy in town has to pay everyone $100?
Hate to burst Mr. GOP_L's bubble but, unfortunately, we have had enough of California move here to get the nazi style anti-smoking stuff started in the casinos and local watering holes.
Watch for signs!
and I hope ya leave with more than ya came with!
Thats exactly what they did here in Tennessee. Yesterday we went to a clinic in a nearby town. They have banned smoking on the whole campus.
But I suppose tying-off and shooting up in Council Chambers is still no problem. By the way are these city fathers for or against drug-testing of public officials?
WE ARE SO BUSTED. I guess they got tired of all us smokers running around and going out of our way to blow smoke in little kids’ faces.
what is mississippi house bill 22?
I hope hope you’re not fat. They are coming after Twinkies next.
I was making a joke about not wanting to be around fat people.
Actually, I’m thirty pounds overweight and I smoke.
ENOUGH! You stepped way over the line.....
:)
“I’m repulsed by fat people.”
I can’t wait until they are doing liposuction at McDonalds!
Some time ago, I saw a beer commercial with a big construction worker type with a big belly, wearing a dirty T-shirt up above his belly button, a 4 day growth, a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He was winking at a cute waitress. It was a riot.
ROTFLMAO!
Also, in Ohio ...
Control freaks sure love that $100 figure ...
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I go to a redneck watering hole near I-95 in Brevard county. Florida passed a no smoking law a few years back which stated if you sold more than 10% in food you had to ban smoking. Nobody ever ate at this bar until the highway construction got started...The owner had to make a choice whether to serve food or beer. He chose beer because he makes more money that way.
We bar-goers debated this one night and came up with the idea of picnic tables out back for the workers to eat lunch at. So far everyone is happy but I don’t know the legality of it. We all just want to get along and be left alone from the government here.
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