" Employees are.
forced to be the bad guys when officials are not around to.
enforce the law causing fights between patrons and themselves.
Enforcement is getting out of hand in Sacramento over this.
imposed law. A task force of about twenty-one county and city.
employees comprised of sheriff, police and health department.
officials spent taxpayers dollars on raiding charitable bingo.
parlors in search of smokers. Kevin Beers, a bingo parlor owner.
said, "The group stormed into our establishment looking for any.
signs that we were in violation of the law." Beers establishment.
was given a citation for not having a 'No Smoking" sign posted by.
the entrance. "Seems a little much for a bunch of old ladies.
playing bingo" said one of the security guards. The fight for the.
smoking ban by state officials has caused many smokers and.
non-smokers to take things into their own hands. .
Comedian Drew Carey, a non-smoker, was caught fuming over.
the 'stupid' law in Hollywood, California and took action. In an.
act of rebellious in your face disobedience Carey lit up. " I.
don't think there should be a total ban. It should be up to each.
bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not.
We're heading down a slippery slope for the rights of Americans.
America means freedom. This law is defiantly out of hand." .
Carey is right, in a country known as the home of the free.
we should have some say in if we may smoke or not. AB 1216 is a.
bill that would provide some freedom of choice to bar employees.
and owners who want it and need it. Even though the bill had.
bipartisan sponsorship, legislative leadership has had it killed.
in committee. The NSA, National Smokers Alliance, is a non-profit.
organization of adults from across the country dedicated to.
fighting discrimination against smokers and to supporting.
business owners who wish to make their own decisions about their.
businesses without government interference. "For a law with such.