Wrightsville Beach residents press for smoking ban

Advocates of a smoking ban on a North Carolina beach are not giving up even though the local governing board just rejected the proposal last month.
The StarNews of Wilmington reported (http://bit.ly/HHz3H9) that advocates of the ban at Wrightsville Beach turned over a petition supporting a ban to the Board of Alderman on Thursday.

Town rules allow a petition to go before the board to pass an ordinance. The petition must have the signatures of at least 35 percent of voters from the last regular election.

Organizers needed to collect 211 names and say 242 people signed the petition.

Mayor David Cignotti says he'll turn the petition over to the New Hanover County Board of Elections so it can verify the signatures.