Even North Salem has no-smoking ordinances on the downtown sidewalks! The smokers in my congregation have to walk two entire blocks to get out of downtown to smoke, unless they want to stand in the parking lot!
And you know how much of a challenge such a hike is to a smoker.
Can you believe that North Salem has also passed an ordinance making it illegal to burn plastics in town? "Oh, the smoke is toxic," they whine. "It makes people sick, gives them cancer. Send that stuff to the recycling center instead of burning it. You're right next door to the grocery store and across from Jameson's outdoor cafe, for crying out loud!"
Makes people sick? Disturbs their dinner? Makes their produce smell funny?
What about my right to burn my garbage at the parsonage instead of PAYING the RECYCLING MAFIA for trash collection so they can make MORE money off my garbage by recycling it?