All smokers beware

Peter Micciche is at it again with SB63 to stop smoking in all public places statewide, to have clean air in all work places. We already have bars that are non-smoking and bars that are smoking, it seems to me that it is working out fine, but still some people are not satisfied. People are saying to take it outside, so now they can gripe about walking down the street through secondhand smoke. This should be up to owners and the patrons if they have smoking or not. I have some veterans in my bar that are in their 70’s, that have fought for our rights and freedoms, some maimed and I don’t think it is right to have them go outside at 0 or 20 below to have a smoke. Seems to me that some folks don’t have respect or care about old people but they need to remember that they will be old someday and maybe they won’t get respect either. Nto you pot smokers: cigs are legal and so is pot but I’m sure someone in the legislation will be trying to mess with yon on that also. We tell them to cut the budget but we have a shell game going on cut here and move it there so we don’t know. It is a shame to me that the legislator can vote to give themselves a raise but put an income tax, state sales tax, 100% liquor tax, gas tax and any other tx they can think of on us but they can’t cut the budget. Does this seem fair to us who pay their wage No! So I urge to vote no on SB63 before we lose all our freedoms and the government thinks they own us.

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