World not a garbage dump

City of Kelowna priorities? 

We are a tourist town/city, thriving on tourist dollars. But! or Butt! The amount of cigarette butts on the streets, sidewalks, beaches is disgusting. And there are no “butt out” stations to be seen. Education and advertising people/city, provide people with the knowledge and the receptacle to put their butts in.

I have gone to the extreme of picking up a lit discarded butt, then approached the culprit and butting it out on his cigarette package in his shirt pocket, telling him to use an ashtray next time. Traffic lights another great place to toss a butt. I have gotten out of my vehicle walked to the culprits picked up the butt and put it out on their windshield, the best is to leave it lit and toss it back in their car saying “excuse me I think you dropped this”. I’m lucky some body hasn't gotten physical over these extreme antics but good lord people, wake up. The world is not your garbage dump.

I am 100 % for taxing the butt, if crass idiots want to throw out their 10 cent butt at least the homeless can cash in, then they would be cleaned up.

Len Merchant