Just got home from the meeting. Prop136 is off to the mayor..
Yes, disappointing to be sure. Glad I went though. Sure was lots of fun listening to a bunch of "legislators" spout off half-truths, conjecture, innuendos and anecdotal falsehoods.
Can we really forget the councilor that stated that "..eCigs are now being marketed to children" And what was his rational for such an assumption? Why sweet flavors of course! What more proof did he need? Open an shut case right? Obviously, bubble gum flavor=pushing drugs on kids!
I wanted to ask him; Does your logic also apply to flavored alcohols? Are you telling us that by virtue of their containing flavors similar to kids treats they are, by extension, tapping the child market demo?? (oh, for the love of Pete...)
He was also the one that said again, FDA report says eCigs are, and I quote "..bad, bad, bad, bad." (Yay! way to remain willfully obtuse for your agenda!!)
Lets also remember our resident food fear mongers. I can't remember their names (will be refreshing my memory soon though for some letter writing) but they did the same thing tonight as they did during the committee meeting- Yes, they are so convinced that that big mean cloud of vapor is hunting them down and poisoning their food and/or lungs, that they remain purposely ignorant of the content of said cloud. Not only that, and in the same breath of the younger one (the one hell bent on eliminating all owners rights to allow easily avoidable health issues) she loosely cited a study on tobacco cigs that indicated that indoor second hand smoke DOES permeate non-smoking areas! OMG! They must be the same!1!11?!!
I wanted to ask them; How to you conflate the two? Are you telling me that in your infinite wisdom, you have actually drawn a scientific conclusion that two chemically different "clouds" pose similar dangers based on their similarity in appearance?
Huh... Well, apparently there is no need for science courses since that sort of analysis is all that is required. Who knew? I see it, it looks like it's threatening, so it must be so. No really, no need to test any further. Tell Dr. Salk that mold could not possibly used in a vaccine, it looks icky to authoritative bodies such as ours and it's after our food.
That was only the beginning of the short-sighted, bureaucratic non-
sense that we had the displeasure of listening to.
There were some bright spots, however fleeting. The one mentioned above that elicited applause and the another female councilor (dang it, I really gotta start concentrating on names!) she mentioned that she has voted NO on all private smoking bans since they first came to the table citing that she understands that her constituency did not vote her in to be a mother. THAT should have received applause. Imagine that, a politician with a brain. I want her for Gov!!
Okay, rant over, sorry- Hopefully everyone will write the mayor now and let him know that it still isn't the right thing to pass. Good luck folks, the war rages on...
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