I think state legislators should think twice before voting for a smoking ban in private businesses. This is an intrusion on private business and individual liberty, and this legislation goes against limited government and free markets. In addition, the state would stand to lose millions of dollars in lost revenues from the Chicago patrons who visit Northwest Indiana.
I don’t have a problem when government passes laws on government buildings, but when it imposes laws on private businesses, where do their boundaries stop?
Businesses can go smokeless any time they want; they don’t need government to pass a law. When state government says soda pop is bad for you and bans it, maybe then you will get it.
Any Indiana legislator who would vote for this issue doesn’t believe in limited government and free markets. These are two main principles that people consider when voting.
People have the choice to patronize or not patronize a business — that is what makes this country so great.
Mark Leyva
Highland
Friday, March 2, 2012
Leyva's letter to the editor... in the Indy Star?!?
This is weird. Not the content, just the location:
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I don't know, when Legislature is in session, do they get the Indy Star delivered to their Indy offices if they have any, or to the Statehouse? Or at least grab one up when getting the morning coffee? Whenever I was out of town, I've picked up the local rag to catch national and world news, and have looked the paper over to see what the local situation is, too. I guess if Leyva wanted to reach the maximum number of legislators, the Indy Star would be the paper to which to write. How's that weird?
He may have sent the letter to the Star. For sure it was in the NWI Times today.
I didn't see it in the Times today.
You're right, Mike. That's a good reason to run it in the Star.
I guess it was a really good letter if two papers published it independently!
I am a 'D' but I agree with Leyva. Economics will determine whether a place will allow smoking or not. Does the legislature need to waste time on morality legislation? As we have seen, the R's don't have much morality down state (and up here too).
Mark is right on
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