Monday, September 14 2009
Smokers would be outlaws under new rule
LEWIS KAMB;
The News Tribune
Beneath a shady grove of trees in the heart of Tacoma's Wright Park, Eugene Clark sucked the butt of a hand-rolled cigarette and exhaled his opinions about a pending City Council proposal.
"It's way overstepping people's rights," said Clark, punctuating his words with a wispy blue-gray stream.
"I don't think they'll be able to stop us," he added. "The park is an open, public area, and smokers are as much a part of the public as the people who hate smoking."
Possible Tacoma park smoking ban burns some continues at thenewstribune.com...