Original posted on Facebook by Stefan Didak. Re posted with permission.
Attention, vapers in Contra Costa County, CA!
If you are a vaper in Contra Costa County and you are against the passing of outdoor public usage bans on vaping and do not wish to see these unscientific ordinances pass in your city or town, please contact me ASAP by sending me a private message.
A small group of us will be attending the City Council meeting in Oakley next Tuesday the 10th at 6:30pm and will be speaking in opposition to this nonsense. If you are interested in joining us, please let me know. Otherwise, we will be gathering outside of City Hall at 6pm.
Various organizations that believe the earth is flat and vaping leads to smoking are pushing the City of Oakley to be their new shining example in "tobacco control" ordinances. If this passes it will spread like wildfire in other cities in Contra Costa County and a few others have already fallen victim to the practices of these organizations (which often will offer bribes, oh pardon my language, THEY call it GRANTS to pass "tobacco control" ordinances).
The City of Oakley does not appear to consider vapor products "a possible public health threat" and is instead basing their entire ordinance on that it might be "a nuisance" to some people and have used words like the following to underscore their point (do not try and laugh too loudly):
"Use of electronic cigarettes often creates a nuisance to persons near the user of the electronic cigarette in that the vapor cloud can contain odors of the liquid being vaporized and unknown biologic materials from the user's body may be contained within the vapor cloud".
If you are unable to join us, please do let the City of Oakley know what you think of their proposed ordinance. You can use the following online form to do so: http://www.ci.oakley.ca.us/subpage.cfm?id=676008
The meeting date is June 10th, 2014 and the Agenda Item number is 4.4.
I have provided smaller versions of the staff reports for your reading (dis)pleasure here:
The current agenda for June 10th can be found on the following page:
Residents enjoy a charming area with an abundant housing supply, quality schools, and a friendly atmosphere that truly make it, 'A Place for Families in the Heart of the Delta.'
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