http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/...ger?ntr&coll=1
ahhhh yes, the democratic utopia that is NJ seems to be always looking out for me, the little guy. from making it pretty difficult for lawfully abiding people to obtain handguns, i won't even get into the impossibility of trying to get a CCW permit, to doubling the fines in the 65 MPH zones and so called "safe corridors". now they have gone 1 step further to making me safe while out in public. they have overwhelmingly passed the states ban on smoking in indoor public places such as restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, private clubs, bingo halls and enclosed shopping malls.
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Essex), a former restaurant operator whose brothers and sister run Cryan's restaurants in West Orange and Branchburg, was the most outspoken opponent of the legislation. He confirmed that in the Democratic caucus, he unsuccessfully proposed two amendments, one that would eliminate the casino exemption, the other more extreme, to ban smoking entirely in the state.
now, i'm not entirely sure why he would propose this cause in the next paragraph he states;
"It was the will of the caucus that the bill pass as is. It was a spirited and lengthy debate," he said. "I argued on behalf of small business, individual choice, and the merits of not standing up for big business."
and look at what this big good for nothing asshole has to say;
"This is the most important piece of legislation I have worked on in the last 10 years," said Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), a prime sponsor of the bill, S-1926. "Today we take a major step toward promoting public health in New Jersey."
most important piece of legislation in the last 10 yrs??? i guess he's the john kerry of assemblyman, missing about 76% of votes. way to go reed, you're really workin your ass off aren't ya?
and just for the record, i'm not a smoker. in fact i think it's a pretty nasty habit. but to pass legislation against it seems stupid to me.
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. ~Author Unknown
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. ~Louis D. Brandeis