[Peace-discuss] Thanks to AWARE *whatever that is*

[Barbara kessel]

I saw this Letter to the Editor in the paper and wondered if there was
something you had not told me :) When you have power, you get blamed
for everything!

If anyone gets this between 7 and 8 on Wednesday PM, Mohammed Al-Heeti
is being interviewed on WRFU 104.5 FM by Mustapha Shakil, a student
member of the Inter-Faith alliance who has his own show. If your home
radio does not have good reception, you can tune in over your computer
by going to WRFU.net. Barbara Kessel

On 2/7/07, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
> AWARE responsible for election of  majority of  city council members???
>   and therefore after much shouting at city council meetings, AWARE is
> responsible for smoking ban.......... AWARE gets credit even where
> credit is not due!!!
> So says letter to editor N-G.............
> Nonvoters to blame for smoking ban
>
> Wednesday February 7, 2007
>
> The city councils' latest fiasco has proven to be just that. Some
> restaurants and bars are already reporting a 40 percent loss of revenue
> because we are not allowed to smoke even in the establishments that
> wish to cater to folks who would like a cigarette.
>
> There is a small minority on the city council with common sense, but
> they are shouted down and outvoted. The majority of the council has
> been elected through the efforts of our own version of the Berkeley of
> the Midwest and the people of AWARE, whatever that is.
>
> The loss of revenue to these establishments translates to lower revenue
> for the city, layoffs of personnel and would-be customers traveling out
> of town to a more congenial and amenable atmosphere.
>
> I am a life member of my Veterans of Foreign Wars post. I do not even
> feel like going there now since even they have not put up an opposition
> to this idiocy, and they are the people who fought for our rights. I
> would kick in a few dollars to hire a good attorney and start a class
> action suit on behalf of all owners, employees and customers affected
> by the taking away of our choice.
>
> I do not smoke and seldom have a drink, but I did enjoy going to bars
> and restaurants with my friends who do so. Tim Johnson nailed it when
> he said we are being run by the "nannies." This is the fault of the
> majority who do not exercise their right to vote.
>
>   JOHN NORWOOD
>
> Urbana
>   Find this article at:
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/02/07/
> nonvoters_to_blame_for_smoking_ban
>
>
>
> "Do not go where the path may lead ~ Go instead where there is no path
> and leave a trail."
> ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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