[Peace-discuss] Thanks to AWARE *whatever that is*

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

AWARE responsible for election of  majority of  city council members???  
  and therefore after much shouting at city council meetings, AWARE is  
responsible for smoking ban.......... AWARE gets credit even where  
credit is not due!!!
So says letter to editor N-G.............
Nonvoters to blame for smoking ban

Wednesday February 7, 2007

The city councils' latest fiasco has proven to be just that. Some  
restaurants and bars are already reporting a 40 percent loss of revenue  
because we are not allowed to smoke even in the establishments that  
wish to cater to folks who would like a cigarette.

There is a small minority on the city council with common sense, but  
they are shouted down and outvoted. The majority of the council has  
been elected through the efforts of our own version of the Berkeley of  
the Midwest and the people of AWARE, whatever that is.

The loss of revenue to these establishments translates to lower revenue  
for the city, layoffs of personnel and would-be customers traveling out  
of town to a more congenial and amenable atmosphere.

I am a life member of my Veterans of Foreign Wars post. I do not even  
feel like going there now since even they have not put up an opposition  
to this idiocy, and they are the people who fought for our rights. I  
would kick in a few dollars to hire a good attorney and start a class  
action suit on behalf of all owners, employees and customers affected  
by the taking away of our choice.

I do not smoke and seldom have a drink, but I did enjoy going to bars  
and restaurants with my friends who do so. Tim Johnson nailed it when  
he said we are being run by the "nannies." This is the fault of the  
majority who do not exercise their right to vote.

  JOHN NORWOOD

Urbana
  Find this article at:
   
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/02/07/ 
nonvoters_to_blame_for_smoking_ban



"Do not go where the path may lead ~ Go instead where there is no path  
and leave a trail."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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