June 21, 2007

Last Sunday, at the Liberty Park Drum Circle, I passed out a couple of dozen plastic cups for cleaning up cigarette butts. Everyone was very cooperative. They want to show the City Council that they really mean it when they say "no butt left behind." Finally, the area was so clean I could not find any more butts to pick up. I told a couple of policemen that we want to cooperate. The anti-smoking law provides an exception for bona fide religious usage. Virtually everyone at the Drum Circle agrees that the Drum Circle is a spiritual experience. Those who smoke claim that smoking adds to the spiritual power of the Circle. I believe it is appropriate for the City Council to declare the Drum Circle a bona fide religion and tolerate tobacco smoking at or within a hundred yards of the Circle. We are doing everything we can to peacefully cooperate.

Please respect our pursuit of spiritual happiness in the spirit of the Founders.

Thank You.
Dr. Ken Larsen
801-533-8658
856 East 100 South #2
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
kencan@xmission.com
www.votekenlarsen.com
www.personalchoice.org