We will be there in spirit however. Good luck in changing some minds there! I sure hope there is a good turn-out. People in New York City are getting sick of this.
Source: New York Post, 2002-12-17Author: Richard Johnson
Intro: MAYOR Bloomberg's harsh anti-smoking law - already rubber-stamped by the City Council - could result in the loss of many national conventions, starting with the Republican Convention in 2004. James G. Tom, of NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment, has written all 51 lawmakers warning he'll call for a Republican boycott. The group fumes that the GOP is supposed to be the party of personal freedoms, lower taxes and less government:
Source: New York Post, 2002-12-16Author: ARNOLD AHLERT
Intro: According to the city Health Department's November newsletter, doctors "could face malpractice suits if they don't push patients to kick the smoking habit." So we've already come to threatening doctors if they don't do their part to support Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against smoking.
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.