Not necessarily on a first hand basis. I was an employee of and spokesperson for a state Funeral Directors' organization, I was not then or at any time in my lie a Funeral Director.
He speaks for the 5,000 members of the Association.
Once again, not necessarily. The spokesperson for the Delaware Restaurant Association claimed to speak for all of the bars and restaurants in Delaware at the time of the battle over the smoking ban - yet less than 10% of the restaurants in the state belonged - she was actually only speaking for the 2 largest members who happened to be fast food franchise holders. They actually lost membership over the stand in favor of the ban and was offering free lifetime memberships to any owner that would stop vocally opposing it.
So get over yourself - you are just another big government loving liberal and you should open your eyes to the fact it is well known on this site about your statist leanings and hatred of private property rights.
You win and I stand corrected.
These directors of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association are all tools dedicated to destroying their industry and their members bottom line. They hate profits and success. They know squat about the trade and seek only to advance a smoking ban. Not only do they seek to bring ruin to their own members, they seek to cause havoc in all restaurants in the state and to share misery / bankruptcy for all.
http://www.wirestaurant.org/info/boards.php