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N. Belle Vernon Official Demands Park Smoking Ban
Submitted by Emmett Harris on Tue, 2013-10-15 00:00
Small town busybody stomps foot, but even a fellow bureaucrat is perplexed. “'I understand it's for the kids, Betty, but I don't understand how we're going to enforce it,' said Berish, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said. 'You can't have people down there dialing 911 for a cop everytime they see someone down there smoking a cigarette. It's going to get ridiculous.'”
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