A policewoman in New York
Zij is politieagente in New York. Al jaren actief in de pro-rokers beweging
en op de alt.smokers nieuwsgroep.
En toen was er plotseling een niet officieel aangekondigde hoorzitting van
de City Council van New York over een nog rigoureuzer tabakswet:
On March 1, there was a hearing
before the city council regarding the new ban proposal. For some strange
reason it was unpublished although anti-tobacco was invited to participate.
What follows is a report from one of the attendees:
Ok, I attended the city
council hearings. My report: a rout. That the hearings were taking place was
unpublicized to the general public (no newspaper reports, not on the council
website, and a phone call to City Hall 2 days ago yielded that "no
such hearings were scheduled." ) However the hall and the speaker's
table were packed (stacked) with Joe Cherner's anti-smoking lobby.
James Repace (celebrity anti-smoker
"scientist") stated the scientific fact that it would take literally
gale force winds to clear away the toxins from a few cigarettes.
We were told, in uncited pronunciamentos by Cherner lobbyists and a few
unchallenged witnesses from Lung, Cancer and Etc societies, that it's
"irrefutable" and "unanimously" acknowledged that SHS
kills....3000.... 150,000 (including 53,000 from heart attacks) ...injures
300,000. That 148 people drop dead from it every day. That it's the #3
killer in America. That business booms when it's banned. And as a member of
the council (Clarke) so cleverly and originally put it, "your rights end
whenever I'm offended." (Verbatim)
Audrey Silk, de New Yorkse politievrouw nam de
uitdaging aan en presenteerde een emotionele beschouwing vanuit het
rokers-standpunt.
Klik deze link om haar verhaal te lezen:
TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO THE
CITY COUNCIL
Despite the hearing blackout,
Audrey Silk, a citizen of Brooklyn, did present compelling testimony to the
city council. This statement is a model for letters to politicians and
the media and testimony before hearings. The fraudulent claims of
secondhand smoke hazards are expertly addressed and dismissed.
Hardstikke goed, Audrey!
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