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  • CA: State 'nanny' bills get scolding

    06/19/2004 9:16:19 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 153+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 6/19/04 | Jim Sanders
    Go ahead, Californians, it's your legal right to seek life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - unless it makes you fat or skins your knee. Critics say that's the message being sent in a slew of state bills targeting everything from soda pop in public schools to cellphone talk in private cars. Assemblyman Tony Strickland, R-Moorpark, calls it "nanny government" - an insatiable appetite by legislators to replace parents in deciding what's best for families. Many of the controversial proposals are aimed at minors, including bills to keep them from buying violent video games, tanning at indoor salons or...