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10/02/2006: "Holy Smoke!"

(Gordy Petersen photo)

By Gordy Petersen

Right outside my office door there is a sign warning smokers of a $20,500 fine for cigarette butt littering. If they toss their butts they can get their butts tossed in jail!

The sign is right next to a pile of cigarette butts and a cleverly disguised trashcan. The trashcan is one of the town's high security garbage containers complete with bars and padlocks. (You would think there is something worth stealing in there, but no, I checked it out.) Why do smokers toss their butts on the ground when there is a warning sign and a secure bulletproof container in plain sight? - Click to read the full Gordy Column