Where is the Dissent at the Acorn?

If your only exposure to the news was The Acorn you might think the new smoking ordinance in our city was no big deal. You might get the impression that all are in agreement. The paper went out of it's way to paint a rose colored picture of the smoking ban on it's front page story this week. Quoting "experts" on all the dangers the city council has protected us from, the paper had a small voice of opposition quoting a man from Ohio.

There was no commentary on the opinion page, on what was an international story. Only one lone letter to the editor, which simply said,

"Thank you for not smoking The Calabasas secondhand smoke ordinance was the right and brave thing to do. Thank you for setting such a good example to the rest of the country on your nonsmoking ordinance"

That's it??? We're wondering if dissent is not allowed at the Acorn anymore