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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

'Heads I Vote Yes, Tails I Vote No.'

Posted Friday, January 14, 2011, at 8:14 AM

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  • Now Rick, you be real careful there or...

    -- Posted by voyager on Fri, Jan 14, 2011, at 9:51 AM
  • Yeah for the city charter. Let's go voters!

    -- Posted by UKnowMe on Fri, Jan 14, 2011, at 10:32 AM
  • They must be using a coin like Two-Face from Batman uses. Two-Face is an appropriate name for most politicians these days. Maybe the Batman writers were ahead of their time in having aptly named Two-Face, due to the fact that Harvey Dent was running for a political office.

    -- Posted by almighty on Fri, Jan 14, 2011, at 2:21 PM
  • One statement in this story is something that just drives me up a wall. We do not nor have we ever lived in a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. During the days of our founding fathers the word democrat meant "panderer to the masses." Calling someone that was considered an insult and a perfectly legitimate reason to challenge them to a duel. To quote the great Sir Winston Chuchill "A democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner!"

    -- Posted by Data48 on Fri, Jan 14, 2011, at 6:47 PM
  • I dont care anymore. Lets just sell the counrty to China now.

    -- Posted by timexx on Sat, Jan 15, 2011, at 2:42 AM
  • Ignorance and personal bias? Clueless schmucks? Those are pretty big words for a Southeast Missourian wannabe reporter. I have always enjoyed your column but now you are just mudslinging and grasping at straws. The smoking ban is the way of future, like it or not. I think you're running out of interesting material to blog about, so you are attempting to put down the people who are working hard to better the City of Cape.

    -- Posted by tahoe on Sun, Jan 16, 2011, at 10:55 PM
  • Actually Tahoe, I've never wanted to be a reporter. It's one of those jobs that everyone thinks they can do without realizing the crazy schedule and hard work that goes into their efforts with the severe criticism they receive if they get one fact wrong (or perceived to be wrong). I would rather comment on what they report.

    Now in regard to your issues with this blog:

    I would be absolutely surprised if more than 10% of the 2600 citizens who signed the smoking petition and thus put their personal stamp of approval on the ordinance, ACTUALLY READ THE PROPOSAL IN ITS ENTIRETY. Therefore, one can only assume the majority signed the petition based purely on their personal bias and were ignorant of the specific details within the ordinance.

    I have read the ordinance in its entirety and I think it is overly restrictive and unnecessary. Basically, I feel this is a business decision and doesn't need to be legislated.

    As far as calling, the people in favor of this ordinance, "clueless schmucks" you might want to re-read paragraph nine of this blog again. I was calling our ineffective Congress clueless schmucks.

    In regard to "better(ing) the City of Cape" that is a matter of opinion.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Jan 17, 2011, at 9:13 AM
  • Donuts are very unhealthy in that they are mostly empty calories (sugar and white dough) and they contribute to the cost to society since we are all burdened with the added expense of caring for these obese people who consume them.

    We are putting together a petition to ban them in Cape!

    -- Posted by riverdog on Wed, Jan 19, 2011, at 6:12 PM