Eder endorses Keg Party
As a party person (third party, that is), though by your lights a party-pooper (I voted for the smoking ban when I was in the Legislature), I tap my keg and tip my hat to the formation of the Keg Party.
Though I am dubious of the enforceability of the “Don’t be an asshole” plank of your platform, I must admit there is some merit to the idea of letting the free market sort out smoking in bars.
I like the idea most of all because then maybe some toxic douche bag would not smoke outside a bar and flick a butt (they’re made of a plastic that can take as many as 10 years to degrade) that will make its way to Casco Bay and into the gut of the fish on my table. For that makes me want to bust some ass (non-violently, of course).
Godspeed you, sir, and long live your Keg Party.
— John Eder, Portland
