Ohmygod! What a night so far! We have had traffic stops, a couple of fights, several drunks, a naked man running through downtown, a man who was hit in the head who had a concussion, two people struck while in the crosswalks right outside our building, and a suspicious guy hanging out down by the river. City has called us several times to back them up because they were so busy that they couldn’t handle it all either. What a mess!
I really don’t know what the city is coming too. I guess it is a sign that things are returning to normal after being so repressed by the flooding. Students are out in force living it up on a Friday night but if they could use a little common sense, that would be nice.
It is after 3am now and the bars should be getting the last of their customers out. The streets have cleared, the rain has stopped, and one would hope it means things will slow down now. Our campus has become a non-smoking campus – meaning people can’t even smoke outside anymore. It isn’t overly enforced and we haven’t had time tonight to even think about dealing with people violating the policy. The City has also gone smoke free but they are not writing citations for people who still want to smoke. Guess most people feel about it the way I do, if the smokers are outside, who cares? I get tired of “big brother” always out there trying to dictate our civil liberties.
No, I don’t smoke either – never have. The policy makes me angry because, as I said, it is just one more thing government thinks they can force on us as if we are not capable of making decisions for ourselves. It is reminiscent of Sarasota trying to enforce a “no cussing in public” ruling. If I want to cuss in public, then damn it, I’m going to. It is ridiculous. I feel like lighting a cigarette and walking around just to rebel against the idiots who think they have the right to dictate my rights.
Whew, I’ll climb down off my soap box. Just irritates me.
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