SMOKING BAN-WAGONS

Also known as "Government NANNYISM/HYPOCRISY”!

 A growing number of independent policy experts from a wide range of professions and different political views are speaking out against the anti-smoking campaign. 

They defend smoking for several reasons:

If that is too stale of an article, go to this link, it’s simple, just watch it. 

For mature audiences only-a few "bad words" may be heard

 http://video.glath.com/view/bullshit.Second_Hand_Smoke,_Baby_Bullshit

An independent arm of Congress, Found that there was

 This is a political platform, plain and simple.

Politicians seem to care more about gaining and maintaining power and position and seeing what they can get out of their tenure as “public servants” than they do about actually serving the public.

Business owners will admit- Smoking is messy. Smoke lingers on our clothes, hair and place of business. It may even flair up your allergies if “smoke” happens to be one of them.

However,

We cater to who pays our bills, the ADULT customers.

Business owners are capable of adding a non smoking area inside to cater to the needs of their customers, without Government regulations.

I am capable of advertising & putting up a sign on my door letting other ADULTS know

BEFORE they walk in the door that MY business is a  

“Smoking or Non-smoking” establishment.

It could be posted next to the one stating

8 out of 9 local Fort Wayne City Councilmen/Indiana Governments

DO NOT PAY MY BILLS-

Smoking is allowed here!

“Freedom of Choice”!

We ALL have to say ENOUGH!

Copy, paste and forward this message to everyone you know.

Ask those imposing smoking bans & those campaigning to ban smoking nationwide-"IF you have the "scientific medical proof" to BAN smoking in public & private businesses,

"to protect the public"-

Why haven't cigarettes been REMOVED from the market, not to be sold-NATIONWIDE?

Business owners are forced to comply as our own Government continues to cash in on cigarette sales. Business owners are forced to close our doors, or barely hanging on, as our Government raises our taxes. Local economies suffer when businesses close. If we can not afford to keep our doors open, how can we pay our mortgage? Have you seen the housing market?

Wake up congress!

While you're busy pointing fingers and looking into who did what in your own cabinet, or trying to "play the role of President"-YOU have forgotten the PEOPLE in the states that got you elected. 

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In our own community

Over 21 business owners ask to be exempt from the smoking ban

As the CITY welcomes smokers to support a CITY function under Headwater Park city tent-Drink, smoke as children play nearby. DOUBLE STANDARD SAFETY CONCERNS!

The 8 out of 9 Fort Wayne City Councilmen-

Decide for yourself if they are doing what they set out to do IF ELECTED to represent the PEOPLE of Fort Wayne Indiana. Here is a copy and pasted reminder of their promises to the people off their “councilmen” website-

http://www.ci.ft-wayne.in.us/

OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE

A "handful of people" are making decisions that the majority of our community is paying for.

The Mayor of Fort Wayne 

"Looking out for our economy"?

Richards is not running for re-election. Stated he will veto any attempt to lift the "city council" smoking ban. The people of Fort Wayne already has a baseball diamond attraction.

Because it is owned by the COUNTY-

The mayor & city council approve a 2nd "30 million" baseball diamond in downtown Fort Wayne.

300 hundred people show up for the unveiling-the rest of us THOUSANDS do not approve-If you're going to increase our taxes AGAIN-build something we don't already have.

How much revenue can a baseball diamond bring in the winter?

 The Governor of Indiana

Mitch Daniels

(Just threw HIS hat to run again for Governor of Indiana)

Another tax -40 cents per pack of cigarettes will be added beginning July 1, 2007

Why? Because as smoking is a "choice" the Government will continue to make a profit.

Now that the toll road has been sold, for one lump sum-There's no more money coming in from that

So he increased our gas tax is at the worst time possible.

The people of Indiana pleaded for the gas tax to be lifted-The Governors office reply:

"The Governors office does not have the power to lift the gas tax".

June 22, newspaper says,

“Daniels revs up RV for road to re-election”

In his preview of the campaign, Daniels touched on what we will hear and not hear on his re-election campaign trail.

“We will speak to the citizens of our state as ADULTS…

You go on to say, “Now here is what you won’t hear. You won’t hear claims of perfection..But as we have always promised, our mistakes will be made on the front foot, they will be errors of commission not omission.

And when we try something that doesn’t work well enough,

we’ll admit it, own up, and go back and fix it”.

It's an election year, it's time to hold these people accountable for the choices they have made in office. Have they supported our own economy? Have they represented the people who trusted them to represent our communities? Have they done what they said, "if elected" the first time we voted for them, or have they used their public servant position to impose MORE government control?