Smoking Ban

I am incredibly outraged at our leaders in the county and Annapolis City government who continue to support such horrid legislation to ban smoking in restaurants. While I do not encourage the habit of smoking, it is most certainly not the place of government to involve themselves in such matters.

For a collection of conservative-minded people that support the ban, they must have bumped their heads to even acknowledge the government has a role to play in the matter. It is terrible to think what the government will next try to legislate, perhaps our choice of clothing will be a matter of public health, which requires immediate and extreme intervention by the government.

This is legislation is deplorable and counter-productive to attracting businesses - the economic engines of communities - to Maryland. I hope these legislators realize the mistake they are making with their support of legislation to ban smoking. This is a business decision best left to the business owner, not a bureaucrat.