Posted on 02/14/2004 8:47:57 PM PST by bluefish
Governor Wants to Smoke Sat Feb 14, 5:28 PM ET
Associated Press
(AP) -- Anti-tobacco groups are protesting Governor Schwarzenegger's efforts to return the smoke-filled room to California politics.
Schwarzenegger is converting the Capitol's interior courtyard into an all-weather ``smoking plaza'' where he can smoke cigars with lawmakers and other power brokers.
Anti-smoking groups say that sends the wrong signal particularly to young fans of the screen star-turned-politician. They're sending him hundreds of Valentine's Day (news - web sites) cards asking him to stop.
A Schwarzenegger spokeswoman says the governor discourages children from smoking -- but notes Schwarzenegger is over 18.
She says Schwarzenegger merely wants to create an informal meeting and schmoozing area where he and others coincidently can smoke cigars and still comply with California's strict smoking laws.
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All he wants is a place where he and other members of the oligarchy can smoke $20.00 cigars. Try lighting up a $.20 Camel and see how fast you get hit with a ticket.
He's an elitist like Bloomberg.
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