Calabasas California City Council Demonstrates Stupidity and Police State Mentality....The World Monitor Recommends, Boycott, Calabasas

A California City With Upscale Pretensions, Recently enacted what most objective observers feel is the stupidest ordinance ever promulgated by a local body.
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CALABASAS, Calif. - No more smoking in the park. Lighting up on the sidewalk could bring a fine. Dining on the restaurant patio? Don't bother asking for matches.

One of the strictest tobacco bans in the nation went into effect in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas last week, making smoking off limits in public places where someone else might be exposed to secondhand smoke: indoor businesses, outdoor businesses, parks, outdoor cafes, even apartment building common areas.

"We just don't want anyone blowing smoke in someone's face. Unfortunately, what smokers do is harmful to everybody else. People should have the right to breathe clean air," said Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Washburn.

Link to complete story here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060319/ap_on_re_us/smoking_ban

(What's next Washburn....no autos in Calabasas? No barbecue grills? No restaurants blowing exhaust into the air from the kitchen? What are you guys on the council smoking? Editorial comment from our polling board at the World Monitor)