The city council meeting last night came and went and no matter what your opinion is, property owners will be required by city ordinance to have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in their home by July 1, 2008. I think this is a step in the right direction for the city. No matter what the enforceability issue is, the spirit of the ordinance is to protect lives and that is what is important.
Also newly elected alderman Harold Halbert voted no. Why? Well because he really didn't know too much about it and wanted to research it some more. He also said that property owners need to take some responsibility.
In my opinion, if Halbert had no clue as to what was going on, like he alluded to, maybe he should have abstained from voting. As to property owners taking responsibility, there are some people, what the general public calls "slum lords," that maybe need that extra push. I think however, most people are good people and would respond to this as a good idea whether they have them in their properties or not.
That's all for now.
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