Name a few cigarette companies that have gone out of business. " Truth has one mission: spread information about the tobacco companies and their deadly, addictive products so people can make decisions about smoking" Well obviously, that means their goal is to make people stop smoking because it is "bad", because they have a reason for the spread of information, and it's not just out of the kindness of the hearts. Another thing is of course cigarette companies give them money, because they save on taxes every year after all the shit they have to go through due to people suing them because it is their fault.
"Do you know the Mayor of Naples gets paid $20,000 a year?" What does that have to do with anything? He gets paid through the taxes, the reason he doesn't need to get paid more is because he has/had a financially successful career. The mayor is fucking Bill Barnett. As for you zoning quip, you assumed because it is the opposite of what you believe that immediately warrants him being paid off by the wealthier citizens. Whereas that may not be completely false (I have enough faith that he didn't get paid off because he has more sense than that), in all democracy and fairness the proposition was up for people to vote and they did vote. The reason it was even up there was for big business to move into Naples, to help stabilize the new problems arising in the future. Because it is Naples we will have the beautification rules and such that will keep it from becoming a Ft. Lauderdale, and now that our Police is very over funded it will help drastically on the crime that will inevitably follow this influx of people/money. Big business is good. It provides jobs for people and that means that they will have more money to put into the local economy, which is good.
The other reason it was up on the voting block was because the people who proposed it had their own plan. That just makes me sick, when people expect their ideas to be heard, and when one comes up the promises more money and more business it gets shot down by people like you. If it really is bad as you say it is then it will be shut down by the people. Believe it or not some people wanted to give it a chance. But, this is a democracy and majority has to rule otherwise it would not be beneficial for this town.
And my last point (I never said second hand smoke wasn’t bad, I said it wasn't as bad) if you are going to preach about tolerance and the likes then change your point, make sure you know exactly what you are talking about and everyone that is involved otherwise you deserve to be counter pointed and you will most likely end up recanting facts that have little to nothing to do with the argument.

Boom!