Casting a liberal vote....cool!

Over the past few months Shelby and her 8th grade class got heavily involved in a community issue. They have taken up the cause to have smoking banned from all public places including PRIVATE businesses. in Wildwood Missouri.

They spent a ton of time researching the project. They were in fact invited to the Capitol to present the project. The teacher took it one more step further and had them present it to the town council to see if they could get the ban implemented. Shelby spoke twice in front of the council. I was very proud of her......although I totally disagreed with her stance.

The government should really not be telling private businesses that they cannot have a legal act, such as smoking, in their establishments,. The real rub is in bars and restaurants. People say it's not fair to non smokers that they have to smell smoke while eating.

Now....first things first....I hate smoke...I have hated it since my dad made us close the windows due to the cold....then he turned up the heat...then he would smoke like a chimney while driving.... to this day I get "car" sick every time I am in the back seat of a car.

I do however think that if you don't like it.....don't go to the restaurant. If it's such a bad business decision....the market will take care of it and people will not go to that establishment....OK you get the issue....

So Wildwood did nothing...they shelved it....mainly due to the fact that the entire county had a vote later in the year to pass a county wide ban. This would allow them to get out of making the tough decision.

Last month......I voted for the ban....against my own views....I told Shelby she deserved to vote and I would give her my vote. They won with 64% of the voters banning smoke!

I never once publicly went against Shelby's view....although we argued each time we went to the meetings.

So I took a liberal step....not my first and not my last....but surely unusual.