Comments on: Referendum on guns in city parks? http://ellensmith.org/blog/2009/08/21/referendum-on-guns-in-city-parks/ I'm Ellen Smith, member of the Oak Ridge City Council. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading my views on public and private life in and around Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This website is my own; content here does not represent the official policies or views of the City of Oak Ridge. To add your own comments, click on the topic title to open a comment box. To read posts about a particular topic, scroll down to "Categories" (in the sidebar) or use the "Search" box in the sidebar. Look under "Archives" to see collections of past posts organized by date. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: LEROY GILLIA,M http://ellensmith.org/blog/2009/08/21/referendum-on-guns-in-city-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-39906 LEROY GILLIA,M Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:57:24 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=287#comment-39906 I have always found Oak Ridge to be a funny little town. The Oak Ridge city government, especially. I have noticed how quickly that city council; jumped through hoops to put up signs to protect citizens from guns in its parks and walking trails but I fail to see one little sign protecting citizens from the walking hazards of horse manure on the side walks on Tuskegee. I noticed that the rowers are protected by signs to not feed the water fowl because we would not want a rower to imjure themselves by stepping on "duck do" but its alright for people to wading through horse manure to go to Wal-Mart. Why put the horse riders in jail for 11 months and 29 days and a $2500 fine for pooping on sidewalks?? I have always found Oak Ridge to be a funny little town. The Oak Ridge city government, especially. I have noticed how quickly that city council; jumped through hoops to put up signs to protect citizens from guns in its parks and walking trails
but I fail to see one little sign protecting citizens from the walking hazards of horse manure on the side walks on Tuskegee. I noticed that the rowers are protected by signs to not feed the water fowl because we would not want a rower to imjure themselves by stepping on “duck do” but its alright for people to wading through horse manure to go to Wal-Mart. Why put the horse riders in jail for 11 months and 29 days and a $2500 fine for pooping on sidewalks??

]]> By: Ray Kircher http://ellensmith.org/blog/2009/08/21/referendum-on-guns-in-city-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-39855 Ray Kircher Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:54:37 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=287#comment-39855 Thank you Ellen. I hoped you had more since this is now a local issue. I believe you had more responses than daily users of our parks. I am in favor of protection since our police cannot provide it, but I do not use the parks for that very reason and even with guns do not plan to use them, too unsafe. Thank you Ellen. I hoped you had more since this is now a local issue. I believe you had more responses than daily users of our parks. I am in favor of protection since our police cannot provide it, but I do not use the parks for that very reason and even with guns do not plan to use them, too unsafe.

]]> By: Ellen Smith http://ellensmith.org/blog/2009/08/21/referendum-on-guns-in-city-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-39851 Ellen Smith Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:23:54 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=287#comment-39851 The volume of public contact on this issue was unusual. There were 140 different Oak Ridgers who contacted me specifically regarding this matter (by phone, e-mail, or both) during the one week leading up to the opt-out vote. I filed many of the e-mail messages into a folder about this issue; that folder now contains 201 messages. Many of the e-mail messages I received were very long, and several contained attachments or links to online articles and videos endorsed by the senders. The volume of public contact on this issue was unusual. There were 140 different Oak Ridgers who contacted me specifically regarding this matter (by phone, e-mail, or both) during the one week leading up to the opt-out vote. I filed many of the e-mail messages into a folder about this issue; that folder now contains 201 messages. Many of the e-mail messages I received were very long, and several contained attachments or links to online articles and videos endorsed by the senders.

]]> By: Ray Kircher http://ellensmith.org/blog/2009/08/21/referendum-on-guns-in-city-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-39848 Ray Kircher Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:44:31 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=287#comment-39848 This will get down to the meaning of "Local Option" in our laws, or does "Opt-Out" mean something different? So how many people called you concerning our local gun laws? This will get down to the meaning of “Local Option” in our laws, or does “Opt-Out” mean something different?

So how many people called you concerning our local gun laws?

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