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From: asente@decwrl.UUCP (Paul Asente)
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Subject: Re: Re: Palo Alto, employers, showers. - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 25-Aug-83 14:42:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 25 14:42:48 1983
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inmet!porges says

    --But although it's not a totalitarian state, you CAN, I
    suppose, require citizens (yes, employers are citizens too)
    to build expensive equipment they don't want to build for
    employees who might use the showers because they might then
    ride bicycles to work and might then reduce the load on the
    traffic system?  That's three "might"s for one definite
    tangible cost to the business. And, speaking of "might"s,
    if we were talking about a store instead of a software
    company, how about explaining what happens when a company
    can't afford showers and everything else like it that they
    will be required to build, and "might" then go out of
    business?

The regulation applies only to office buildings of (I think) 10000
square feet or more, and stores and restaurants of 50000 square feet or
more.  So we're talking about big stores here, not your corner grocery
store.

By the way, the city council unanimously passed the proposal earlier
this week.

	-paul asente