A local trader has denied swearing at or harassing two Peninsula Health workers while they were gathering signatures for an anti-smoking petition. At a Frankston Council meeting last month, Cr Colin Hampton introduced a rescission motion to overturn the ruling that smoking be allowed in Frankston's alfresco dining areas. The council had already banned smoking in many central Frankston streets.
Before the meeting, Peninsula Health workers had asked people to sign postcards that said 'I love a smoke free Frankston'. These signed postcards were brought to the chamber by Cr Hampton in support of his motion.
Cr Hampton was the only councillor to vote in favour of the motion. After its failure, he referred to Glenn Cooper of Cooper's Patisserie in the Shannon Street Mall.
Mr Cooper had strongly pushed for
smoking cheap cigarettes to be allowed due to a loss of income while the ban was in place.
