No Butts On The Wharf

Smokers abusing their freedom by littering get what’s coming.

Chart House Butts
Picture from 2012, empty lot just over fence from Chart House

In December, Fisherman’s Wharf will join the list of city spots where lighting up is illegal.

The City Council this week, at the request of the wharf business association, voted 5-0 to ban smoking on the tourist-oriented wharf.

The association voted 26-6 in favor of the smoking ban, and no one spoke in opposition to the move before the City Council. City officials also are investigating whether to expand its no-smoking areas to downtown areas.

No Butts On The Wharf

When Styrofoam Is Outlawed . .

The replacement solutions become the problem. Wrap take-out in foil and that gets washed into the storm drains where marine life either eat it and die or at least get disturbed the the galvanic reactions.

Next on the list of things to be ignorant about – aluminum foil. It’s not about the item, it’s human behavior that needs to be addressed.
Foil


When Styrofoam Is Outlawed . .