Posted on 12/17/2002 6:26:50 AM PST by SheLion
CHARGE OF THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER BRIGADE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18TH AT 12 NOON
CITY HALL (East Gate)
(Time subject to change. Please check back for confirmation )
The NYC Council will be voting on Mayor Bloomberg's sweeping smoking ban this date.
Some council members can still be swayed NOT to vote for this bill (see latest news )
It's up to you to convince them once and for all that it's wrong, and not in their best political career interests, to support one man's personal war on smokers.
Thousands of businesses and two million New Yorkers will be affected.
Let them know that you refuse to become a P risoner O f Bloomberg's W ar on smokers!
it's not too late! Show up and be heard!
tell everyone you know who has had enough of Bloomberg trying to run this city like he's the boss and not the mayor to come too!
Same here, Joe. 
I sure hope there is a good turn-out. People in New York City are getting sick of this.
As Mayor Mike and his Pleasure Police go about the process of micro-managing the lives of every New Yorker, where are the people who scream bloody murder about the "assault on our freedoms" by the federal government in its fight against terrorism? . .
Doctors who already pay six-figure malpractice premiums just might decide it's no longer worth practicing medicine in a city that would dictate what they must say to their patients - or else. . .
Unbridled drinking certainly offends the same kind of "delicate sensiblities" many New Yorkers have exhibited regarding smoking. If the council and the Mayor won't ban liquor outright, how about a two-drink maximum? . . For our own good, of course. Go get 'em, boys.
Your time is better spent trying to figure out how to change your behaviors about smoking in public before every other town and city follows suit.
NEVER! You will have to shoot us first. Are you ready for that?
Nah, you folks are too much fun to have around.
Good luck.
Well, I guess it's better than kicking his dog.
Becki
Bingo..Today is my day to deliver meals for Meals on Wheels. One of the "clients" is a heavy chain smoker and after leaving his home my skin smells, my clothes smell and my hair smells. All from being inside for a minute.
He needed to come in an be obnoxious.
It helps offset the obnoxious odor.
Well, I guess it's better than kicking his dog.
Teddy would think something is amiss if I didn't kick him regularly.
It helps offset the obnoxious odor.
That said, I certainly hope you are delivering on your bike. You wouldn't want to contribute to the stench and pollution in your vicinity. Also, please make sure you are not wearing anything with any perfumes or scents. There are people who cannot stand the stench.
One of the "clients" is a heavy chain smoker and after leaving his home my skin smells, my clothes smell and my hair smells. All from being inside for a minute.
Why do you concern yourself with him? Just let the nasty creature starve to death. You can always say he didn't answer the door. Let someone else deliver to him. After all, if you are the only one he sees all day, he might be glad to see someone else.
Teddy would think something is amiss if I didn't kick him regularly.
Be very careful. There are many who would not appreciate the humor and take Teddy away from you and give him to someone they deem more deserving. There is a law against such things, you know. And if they don't like what you do, they can fine you, penalize you, and /or imprison you.
Have fun today, and drive carefully.
Becki
WHOOOP WHOOOP....NYC FREEPER ALERT
I wonder how many of the people opposed to smoking bans that are already in effect in NYC are still coming to the NYC event though they swore never to come to NYC after the 1995 ban?
That reminds me. It's been 7 years since the restaurant ban on smoking. Last time I checked NYC is still the restaurant capital of the United States
1995: LEGISLATION: New York City passes Smoke-Free Air Act. Strengthens Clean Indoor Air Act (1988) by banning smoking in the dining areas of all restaurants with more than 35 seats. Limits smoking to the bar area of restaurants, with certain specifications, and to a maximum of 25 percent of a restaurant's outdoor seats. Bans smoking in outdoor seating areas, such as in sports stadiums and recreational areas. Limits smoking in the workplace to a separately enclosed and ventilated room and to private offices as long as the door is kept closed and no more than three people are present, each of whom agrees to allow smoking. Prohibits smoking at all times in both indoor and outdoor areas of day-care centers. Exempts restaurants seating 35 people or less. Allows smoking in stand-alone bars. Allows smoking in sports arenas in separate smoking rooms, with some limitations.
Looks like the ban has not hurt tourism or spending as the smoking wackos claim.
http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=57
Tourism
Visitors (international and domestic) to New York City in 2000: 36.2 million
Visitors (international and domestic) to New York City in 1999: 36.4 million
Visitors (international and domestic) to New York City in 1998: 33.1 million
Visitor spending (international and domestic) in 2000: $17.0 billion
Visitor spending (international and domestic) in 1999: $15.6 billion
Visitor spending (international and domestic) in 1998: $14.7 billion
International visitors in 2000: 6.8 million; 2001(f): 5.7 million; 2002(f): 5.8 million
International visitors in 1999: 6.6 million
International visitors in 1998: 6.0 million
Domestic visitors in 2001: 29.5 million
Domestic visitors in 2000: 29.4 million
Domestic visitors in 1999: 29.8 million
Domestic visitors in 1998: 27.1 million
Total economic impact of New York City tourism in 2000: $24.96 billion
Total NYC jobs supported by visitor spending in 2000: 282,000
Total taxes generated by visitor spending in 2000: $3.2 billion
New York City taxes generated by visitor spending in 2000: $936 million
New York State taxes generated by NYC visitor spending in 2000: $882 million Federal taxes generated by NYC visitor spending in 2000: $1.3 billion
Eating establishments: 18,000
His brother has joined him.
Minnie is at work, wasting tax-dollars to be in Free Republic.
Check out what New York Smokers contribute to the economy with the taxes they pay on cigarettes:
NEW YORK CITY SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECOMOMY -2001
Physician, heal thyself.
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