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Burbank smoking ban - letter to Council

Contributed by: Eric Michael-Cap on 10/26/2006

Dear Mayor and City Council Members,

Thank you for listening to my request that the City of Burbank consider adopting an ordinance that prohibits smoking on restaurant patios and at other public places and city events. I hope Burbank can join cities like Calabasas and Santa Monica who have passed similar bans that protect residents and their children's from the harmful effects of 2nd hand smoke. You have an opportunity to make a decision that will have a positive effect on the health and welfare of the majority of people in this City, non-smokers and smokers alike. No doubt small groups of smokers and business owners will voice strong opposition claiming you are infringing on their rights. I'm not a lawyer so I can't speak to any legal issues involved but I believe that if your vision of Burbank and it's Downtown area is for it to be a family-friendly place, this ordinance would further that objective. At the end of the day, I urge to do what is best for the majority of people on this issue and look forward to participating in the discussion once this item appears on the agenda. Thank You.

Eric Michael Cap
Burbank resident and parent

(Sent October 25th, 2006)

UPDATED 1/11/2006

Eugene Tong has an article on this in Sunday's Daily News and CBS 2 ran a news story Sunay night. NBC 4, ABC 7 & KTLA 5 have also picked up the story, as has the Burbank Leader (finally).

http://www.dailynews.com/glendale/ci_4568980

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10190494/detail.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4709077
http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-burbanksmokingban,0,3464306.story?coll=ktla-newsspecial3-1

http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2006/11/01/politics/blr-smoking01.txt


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Submitted By: Don Samuel
posted on 11/9/2006 @ 1:02:10 AM
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We need to outlaw leaf blowers. The dirt and bacteria on the ground blows all over you and is a serious health risk to people especially small children. If you use a leaf blower you go to jail and if you hire some gardner that uses one you both go to jail.All those blowers do is make serious pollution in the air and they use them while your eating outside and that has to stop.
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Submitted By: Shannon Reyes
posted on 11/4/2006 @ 7:28:59 PM
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I have one question. Do you own or drive a SUV ? If you do then you are a bigger problem when it comes to air quality and your a gasoline hog.
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Submitted By: Eric Michael-Cap
posted on 10/30/2006 @ 11:25:18 AM
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Eugene Tong has an article on this in Sunday's Daily News and CBS 2 ran a news story last night. NBC 4 & ABC 7 have also picked up the story. http://www.dailynews.com/glendale/ci_4568980 http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10190494/detail.html http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4709077
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Submitted By: C L Ramirez
posted on 10/27/2006 @ 5:08:41 PM
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I honestly believe that there are much greater issues facing this nation. At present I am afraid to even eat salad due to bacteria in salad. A smoker I can simply not sit next to. It would seem there are far greater issues.
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Eric Michael-Cap

Burbank , CA

Eric Michael-Cap has posted 7 stories and 7 comments since joining on 8/23/2006. Eric Michael-Cap's average story rating is 3.09.
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