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Daphne finally passed a smoking ban!  Congratulations to those council members who hung in there!  Was Daphne the last city in Baldwin to pass a smoking ban?

“We should not make criminals of people who need nicotine to keep them awake”

                                                                   -Senator Trip Pittman

In the year 2009….you have to wonder about someone who reasons like that.  Does he have an interest in the tobacco industry?  I thought he was against lobbyist and special interest.

Here are some important things I just learned from a WKRG severe weather update

1.  Before a rain storm the wind will blow

2.  When it rains you should come indoors

3.  When there is thunder …there is lightning

4.  When you get a heavy rain it can cause flooding

5.  As the storm moves to the east – counties in the west clear up

6.  You can only talk about a thunder storm for so long

7.  One local station is desperate for viewers

8.  It will probably lose some more after today

Are the local stations nuts or what.  wall-to-wall coverage of a hurricane that is going to Louisiana.  I guess its their last hope……to attract viewers who are too stupid to watch the weather channel and realize this storm is not going to affect us.  Anyway its amusing to watch and see how they fill their time.  We went to the beach today.  Glad we were able to make it back through all that terrible weather. 

I want Commissioners Gruenloh and Gruber to know how much we appreciate them showing leadership on the flood-prone zoning issue.  As you will see if you watch the video on this website FEMA has already expanded the flood-prone areas in Mississippi and they will do the same here in Baldwin County in 09.  There are so many advantages to zoning the flood-prone areas of our county (protecting life, property and the environment) and no negatives.  It is the responsible and right thing to do.  And by the way, in regards to the previous poster, Commissioners Gruenloh and Gruber did not vote for flood-prone zoning without a vote of the people.  The authority to zone flood-prone areas is in the state code of Alabama.  Get your facts straight.  You are confusing local zoning with the state code.  THANKS AGAIN GRUENLOH AND GRUBER FOR HAVING THE GUTS TO LEAD!!!

The voters will be reminded about your vote on zoning without a vote.  They tried to go around people voices with this flood zone plan.  Every one knows that flooding regs are included in building codes and subs reg.  We will be reminding voters on you backstabber mentality. The Rural voters will let our voice be known against these county commissioners. Every time these two commissioner bring it up, we are watching.  Barnwell, fairhope,fishriver,181,east fairhope,etc.  We will be voting against these commissioners.

Here we go again… Our new Senator Pittman voted against a state smoking ban according to the paper.  Turn the clocks back 30 years again!  The rest of the civilized world has prohibited smoking in public places but our very own Senator from one of the most educated districts in the state votes no!  We’ve got a real winner here.

 His votes on other matters should be closely followed, he’s no friend of the common man.

Have you all seen the video cameras on Hwy 181.  I wonder who is watching us?

What a nice new facility Spanish Fort has for tennis.  Others Eastern Shore cities should follow their lead!

Have you ever attended a Daphne City Council meeting?

That is government by circus.  The clowns are very entertaining, but i’m not sure they know how to run a city!