Subject: Thank you for holding your hearing last night Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 11:13:07 -0400 To: Jonathan Bing From: Bob Armstrong Dear Assemblyman Bing , I'm sorry ( kind of ) that my anger at being denied my right to relax , in peace , as I desire , with my hosts and friends by my "more-equals" , to use George Orwell's phrase , caused me to be viscerally vocal from the audience and fail to make a more composed contribution from the mike . But I really don't take kindly to losing my freedom to some clique of fellow citizens on their claim to be more competent to make my decisions than I am , for my own good . FREEDOM , Individual Liberty , is supposed to be the distinguishing advantage of US . If so , is it not even more= vital for a competitive "world capital" ? I heard that / 12 + 1 + 8 />/ 22 / secret nanny police are being added to the budget in the first ramp up of this new war of the State against its citizens . What is that ? $750000 = to be taken from us to pay for this war against us ? Will they be able to turn it into a profit center thru fines= and bribes ? At this point , 97 percent compliance is not surprising when people have sledge hammers held over their heads . What is clear from a number of speakers , from the manager of= the 4 Seasons to the Scandinavian guy running a tiny bar with a buddy , business is down as much as 40 percent or more . Why go somewhere to be oppressed by your discomfort and the= memories of your lost freedom ? I haven't . Check my Liberty page , and particularly http://cosy.com/Liberty.htm#SmokingBan.FirstBlood which is an email I sent each member of the council the Monday after the bouncer murder . My thanks and respect for your courage in holding your hearing= . I deeply regret tho , and I think you and your fellow= legislators may also , that you did not hold such hearings before your precipitous action . Please , as precipitously , reverse it . Bob Armstrong Manhattan Libertarian Drug Affairs Director -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 42 Peck Slip / New York / NY / 10038 Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/05/02 10:17:20 AM