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Recent News
- Dallas council agrees to vote on expanded smoking ban
Council members, including Tennell Atkins, Sheffie Kadane, Jerry Allen and Vonciel Jones Hill, have criticized the proposed expansion as an infringement on personal or business rights. Mr. Kadane last month called it "communistic."
Dallas Morning News, December 4, 2008
- Iowa's smoking ban likely to receive second look
Des Moines Register, December 2, 2008
One bar owner says his business has dropped by roughly 50 percent since he told his customers to go outside to smoke. - Is Expanding the Dallas Smoking Ordinance a Commie Plot?
Dallas Observer, November 26, 2008
"My whole thing is rights, property rights," council member Sheffie Kadane says. "I am not for breaking the law, but there is no law against smoking."
- Dallas council panel wants $200 fine for smoking-ban violation
The Dallas Morning News, November 25, 2008
- Marketplace should decide decisions about smoking
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 28, 2008
My favorite definition of "regionalism" is feudalism masquerading as humanitarianism, or fascism with a friendly face.
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Smoking bans in Texas bars & taverns violate the rights of individuals and business owners. |
The Slippery Slope... The slippery slope of government Intervention and the impact on our personal freedoms. |