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Marin County smoking ban on hold
ABC 7 News (KGO-TV/DT) ^ | January 11, 2012 | KGO

Posted on 01/11/2012 9:42:17 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A Marin County smoking ban is on hold while lawmakers consider weeding out marijuana from the measure.

The ordinance as written would outlaw smoking in unincorporated county apartments and included marijuana and other herbs as well as tobacco.

It was abruptly sent back to committee Wednesday when Supervisor Kate Sears said only tobacco should be banned...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: marijuana; marincounty; nannystate; pufflist; smokingban; tobacco; warondrugs
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Marijuana causes Glowbull Warming.


21 posted on 01/12/2012 1:51:03 AM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Since when does enacting duplicate laws bother these petty Gov’t types?
22 posted on 01/12/2012 2:23:30 AM PST by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: TigersEye
99% of marijuana smokers are so paranoid they believe in Glowbull Warming
23 posted on 01/12/2012 2:25:13 AM PST by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: dennisw

Now that’s BS. I don’t know any pot smokers who believe in Glowbull Warming.


24 posted on 01/12/2012 2:32:19 AM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Pontiac
How can they ban legal activities in private homes?

"Smoke-free" apartments are common these days. Though not codified into municipal law, apartment complexes with smoking prohibitions written into their leases are all everywhere these days --and not just in California.

If you are a smoker, it's getting harder and harder to find apartments that will accommodate you.

25 posted on 01/12/2012 3:33:05 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68
"Smoke-free" apartments are common these days.

I am not really a smoker (a couple of cigars a year, usually outside in the summer) so I do not have a vested interest in this accept as an American who cares about the liberty our founding fathers fought and died to give to us.

I have no problem with an apartment owner placing restrictions in the lease contract on the activities of renters. That is a contract freely entered in to by two individuals for the mutual benefit of both.

The government has no vested interest in the contractual agreement of a renter and his landlord other than the taxes collected from either or both. The city government has no right to place such a restriction on property owners.

26 posted on 01/12/2012 4:26:54 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: kingu
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them...."
~Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged~

Red Light Cameras, Smoking Bans, EPA, ADA, Smart Meters, the list goes on and on.....

27 posted on 01/12/2012 6:14:49 AM PST by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Supervisor Kate Sears said only tobacco should be banned...”

Wow! They don’t even hide it anymore..


28 posted on 01/12/2012 9:10:48 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Pontiac

“This exceeds Nanny State intrusiveness. This is tyranny.”

There is no distinction.


29 posted on 01/12/2012 9:12:19 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yes, nanny statism is good, but don’t touch the pot. [facepalm]


30 posted on 01/12/2012 11:44:07 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: AlexW

Pacifica is just south of San Francisco in San Mateo County. It’s spectacularly beautiful from Pacifica all the way down to Santa Cruz and south to Monterey & Big Sur. Nearly all of beautiful coastal California is a liberal toilet....


31 posted on 01/12/2012 4:55:46 PM PST by freebilly
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To: kingu

I would never comply with a smoking ban like this. Let them.. catch me. I will smoke in my house, my apartment, damn near anyplace I want on my own property. The only way to fight these kind of laws is to ignore them.

Just look at illegals.. how many times do we hear “You cant deport them all?”

Well.. same for smokers.. “You cant arrest all of us” lol


32 posted on 01/12/2012 5:05:35 PM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: CSM

Yes, one thing that bugs me about calling it nanny state is that that sounds sort of, annoying but for your own good, basically harmless. Tyranny is NOT harmless, no matter WHAT face it dons to weasel its way into a society. These people should be SHUNNED in all cases, imprisoned in others, where they have clearly gone too far.


33 posted on 01/13/2012 8:50:46 AM PST by ichabod1 (Mr. Santorum.)
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To: ichabod1

I’m very tempted to take the treatement of nannystaters a couple of steps further....


34 posted on 01/13/2012 11:28:25 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: eXe

Interesting dynamic, since apartments are inhabited by POOR people, who have much more tendency to smoke cigarettes than RICH people who can afford houses. It’s literally a war on the poor. But who ever accused liberals of being consistent or logical, or even possessing a brain?


35 posted on 01/13/2012 7:38:10 PM PST by boop (I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. ...Ernest Borgnine)
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To: CSM

Shelion (RIP) had a list of violent incidents that had taken place over someone using tobacco. It was a long list. These laws are like permission to attack to the pharisee class.


36 posted on 01/16/2012 7:50:48 PM PST by ichabod1 (Mr. Santorum.)
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To: boop

I don’t think they allow poor people in Marin County, except as household servants of course. Maybe low caste retail jobs.


37 posted on 01/16/2012 8:03:17 PM PST by ichabod1 (Mr. Santorum.)
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To: ichabod1

You just made my screen blurry....


38 posted on 01/17/2012 6:07:33 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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