Posted on 08/31/2007 12:29:51 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — At the Arkansas Legislature, it's against the rules for a lawmaker to have even a cup of water sitting on his or her desk. That cup of spittle with a day's worth of tobacco juice is fine, though.
A state representative disgusted by the expectorate wants a state law that would rid the House and Senate of Styrofoam spittoons.
"It's gross," said Rep. Pam Adcock, a Little Rock Democrat who plans to file legislation that would ban all tobacco products, not just cigarettes, from the House and Senate chambers.
Gov. Mike Beebe, a former state senator, indicated he would support the ban.
"It's fine with me. I thought it was already banned," Beebe said.
A law banning smoking in nearly all indoor workplaces in Arkansas went into effect last year. It does not cover chewing tobacco.
"I think we've delved into an area that we really have no business making a rule out of, unless somebody's been spit on or they've thrown up because they looked into a cup or something like that," said Rep. Rick Saunders, a Hot Springs Democra.
Adcock hasn't developed a specific proposal but, in general, wants to expand a 2000 law that banned smoking in the Capitol. She said she did not know how many House members use chewing tobacco and declined to name any who do.
She denied that her push for the ban had anything to do with her own smoking.
"It's not 'Gotcha,'" Adcock said.
Her supporters said a ban on smokeless tobacco would be similar to other rules regulating legislators' decorum while in the Capitol. Chamber policy bars food and drink from the floor.
Adcock withdrew her proposal to change the House rules after about a half-hour of debate Wednesday but told reporters afterward she would pursue the ban when the Legislature meets again in January 2009. Adcock said she did not know if the ban would cover only legislators
No spitoons, But you can marry a 6 year old..............
‘snuf said!
Howzabout dip!
Not true!
Mrs. Adcock's little Pammy just wants control over other peoples' lives.
So, they aren’t going to let HillBill practice Arkincide anymore?
Yes, it certainly is gross the way Democrats want there to be rules that control every kind of conduct that they don't particularly care for. This damm fool is a smoker herself. If I was one of her colleagues, I'd start chewing just to tick her off.
Then...no mints or gum either...no chewing on pencils and no doodling allowed.
When - oh, when! - are they gonna enact a law against meddlesome morons?
“It’s gross,” said Rep. Pam Adcock
So’s your photo.
I use an empty Betty Crocker vanilla frosting container `cause it smells so good when I expectorate.
And you can have it, Pam Adcock, Democratikal busy-body, when you pry it from my . . . my et cetera.
ping
Nanny State Ping.
I just wish she had claimed it was in retaliation for the smoking ban, which was forced through by REPUBLICAN Huckabee........
It was a REPUBLICAN Governor who pushed the smoking ban through..........
You might recall his name, he is attempting to run for President.
So?
Who’da thunk AK was such a hot bed of communism?
“Rep. Pam Adcock, a Little Rock Democrat”Rep.
Pam Adcock, a Little Rock communist
Lidded Starbucks cups are perfect. No one can tell.
Letting women vote was a darn stupid idea.
When did Snuff become Chewing Tobacco? I thought Snuff was for sniffing and Chewing Tobacco was for chewing and spittin.
I’ll never understand the south *sigh*
“...which was forced through by REPUBLICAN Huckabee...”
Who is also a ‘Food Gnatzie.’ *SPIT*
What the H#ll is wrong with the GOP? Jeeze Louise! They make a gal want to turn Libertarian these days. ;)
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