Let's get one thing perfectly clear here; there is no
"right to smoke" (period), there is just no law against it at this
point & unfortunately the HOA members are confusing the two. While I won't
argue with the ability to smoke in your own home, the problem is when it drifts
to other people homes & this is particularly problematic in shared
buildings. Shared buildings should NOT allow it & particularly when there
have been this many complaints from various people in the building (and also
considering there are children in the building), this is something they need to
consider. When unwanted smoke drifts into your own home, it's could be taken as
trespassing; however charging a toxic chemical (non-living) with trespassing is
an asinine idea, so we go after the people that are causing it for causing a
nuisance. The HOA does not seem to be concerned with getting it to stop, so
there's really no point in me going to these meetings & a complete waste of
time (I could have spent that time doing something that would have actually
been productive).
Only Charles is fighting to get it stopped, however the
problem is that it seems they are trying to get the laws changed in regards to
smoking inside in shared buildings rather than just jumping into it. If we wait
for the laws to change, all that's going to happen is people moving or dying as
a result of not being able to get it to stop. My father currently has sunk WAY
too much money into my condo to even consider moving, so I'm more likely to be
in the death category before moving will be an option (although my father has
stated a possible move, but we're not going to try this condo shit again; we'll
be looking at a small house in the next case or possibly under a suggestion of
my mother, a duplex where HE can make the rules of living there).
The HOA was not amused with me getting other organizations
into the matter & said I should continue going through Charles to get it
stopped, but this is a two-faced way of putting it when they are actually
making it a point that they feel people have the "right" to smoke in
their own units regardless of the consequences. While I do think continuing to
contact Charles may be a good idea, I still think getting other organizations
into the matter is also a good idea (I just need to find the right one to deal
with it). The HOA seems to be more concerned about their professional
reputation rather than getting it to stop through their own system, so perhaps
that's the nerve I need to hit to get it to stop & I can only say that
continuing to go through other agencies may be the way to tackle this. If
somebody dies from the indoor smoking because they simply defended it, that's
going to flush their professional rep down the shitter anyways (when I
mentioned it was going to kill me sooner or later, they actually made a
statement that showed more concern on reputation they would get out of it
rather than for the loss of human life).
Now what they're not considering is their public reputation.
What happens when people are not happy about a situation? They talk about it.
Word of mouth is the quickest way to get the word around & internet reviews
only amplify that effect. I have been saying this place is a health hazard from
the start when I first started encountering this & thought I was in the clear
when the last person in E22 got evicted for this reason; apparently I was
wrong, DEAD wrong (or soon to be anyways). Every time somebody speaks badly
about a company, their reputation lowers (unless somebody can say something
that counteracts it) & I'm not the only person who is doing this
considering they can't get the toxic habit stopped. Throw a death on top of
that & there's no way they're going to repair their reputation.
I've said it before & I'll say it again, moving to this
complex is a toxic hazard for non-smokers & I advise against it. Under the
terms that the HOA & management are taking, there will be people moving
out, selling their units (if they can find a buyer), health problems &
deaths before a resolution happens. Sitting around waiting for the laws to
change is a dead deal (and I'm being literal on the word "dead")
& any non-smoker who wants to live here, be ready for a lot of problems
with drifting smoke until "the laws change"; why does this sound like
an extremely bad magic trick doomed for failure... >.<
Originally posted to Facebook 2/11/2015
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