Butt Heads (Overland)


Overland	SUPPORT BAN? (Y/N/U)	SMOKER? (S/NS/Q)	PACKS (#/day)	BRAND	YRS SMOKED (#)	TIMES TRIED TO QUIT (� = SUCCESS)
NAME/TITLE
Mike Schneider, Mayor¹	Y	NS
(Council 1) Phil Paul	U	NS
(1) Jerry May²	Y	NS
(2) Jeff O'Connell	BUTT HEAD
(2) Mary Beth Conlon	Y^S	S	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c
(3) Peggy Keller³	N	S	1	Salem	30	1
(3) Kenneth Owensby	BUTT HEAD
(4) Tim Jones⁴	N	NS
(4) Les Dills⁵	Y	Q	>2	Lucky Strike, Pall Mall	20	>1^�
¹I lost my father at an early age due to lung cancer. So it's a little bit personal with me. I'm not sure Overland will support it. I think ultimately the people have to decide.
²One of our former councilpersons was quite a heavy smoker, and now she's on oxygen. In general I'm in favor of it, but it is a tough issue.
³I quit when I was pregnant with my children. I started back up again because I enjoy them.
⁴I would love to see it, personally. But we still live in America, where everybody came here because of the personal freedoms.
⁵It really bothers me now to go anywhere that there's smoke.
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Peggy Keller, Overland councilwoman, District 3 I once had a very heavyset woman come up to me and tell me, "You know that smoking is bad for your health." And I told her, "Carrying over 100 extra pounds is bad for your health!" She walked off in a huff. People know that Peggy is going to tell them like it is. And Peggy will stand up for what she believes.

Tim Jones, Overland councilman, District 4 My father-in-law died of lung cancer, and he was a heavy smoker. He died at home with hospice. I have two children, and it was a struggle: Did I want them to see Grandpa before he died or let them remember how he was? I chose not to let them see that. It could have been a lasting impression for the effects of smoking, or a devastating scar of who Grandpa was. He died a horrible death, couldn't even raise his arms when he died. My kids didn't need to see that. They just need education.