[Liberal Classic]

Yes, but you were arguing from authority there. Just because a majority support public smoking bans, does not make them good policy.

You mean it is the nanny-state when 89% of the population and the Restaurant Association support a law?

[Gabz]

You are correct and our Florida friend is not.

In his comments regarding the Delaware smoking ban he is very lacking in exactly what happened there.

His continual harping on the Delaware law is starting to lead me to believe he thinks the legislature is the way to go as opposed to a biased one-sided funded ballot initiative such as they had in Florida.

Compared to the 5 or so million dollars the anti-smokers spent in Florida, they spent nothing in Delaware. Even with an initial push by Philip Morris against the Florida ban I don't even think 1 million was spent - and PM pulled out of the battle months before it went on the ballot - it was totally a grasssroots effort in the end.

In Delaware it was a total grassroots effort from smokers, and bar and restaurant owners. We were toast - because the anti-smokers had so much money to run newspaper, radio, and TV ads, along with mass mailings and email campaigns. The campaign of lies.