SMOKING HOT IN FULLERTON

Like most of you, I am so busy with family and work that I just assume our
city government is looking out for us-until they do something stupid. then I
get angry!

Until recently, I had no idea that the Fullerton City Council had found a
way of denying jobs to over 20 percent of our eligible work force. Our city
officials have abused their positions by promoting their personal
prejudices.

The City Council has approved the following requirements for some of the
city's employees;

You must certify that you have not used tobacco for at least one year or the
city will not hire you. If you use tobacco of any kind on or off the job
after being hired they can fire you.

If I did not know better, I would think I was reading some archaic race laws
that existed prior to the civil rights movement.

Most of our forefathers came to America to be free from state-run
persecution. They came from all over the world with a common hope that they
would be treated equal and they would have the right to pursue happiness
each in their own way.

Protecting our rights should be the first thing the Fullerton City Council
does. Instead, members are manipulating our tax money to reward those who
share their personal prejudices.

Jim Foreman-Fullerton

Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"