Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Senator has mixed emotions about smoking ban
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:29:00 -0400
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:19:19 -0000, Jeff Bennett wrote:
>=A0--- In lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com, Bob Armstrong=
 <bob@c...>=A0wrote:
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0The optimal result from the State's point of view
>=A0>=A0would likely be to establish a bureaucracy and hire
>=A0>=A0a 1000 people to manage the loopholes .
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:01:27 -0400, Jacob Rieper wrote:
>=A0>=A0>=A0There is an apparent loophole in the current law, which=
 would=A0allow
>=A0>=A0>=A0counties to grant hardship waivers to businesses that have=
 been=A0severely
>=A0>=A0>=A0hurt by the new law.
>=A0>
>
>=A0I'm not sure it's a loophole. I read it as an attempt to meet=
 the
>=A0"narrowly tailored to meet a legitimate state interest"=
 restriction
>=A0that is needed to override property rights.

 A turd by any other name still smells as foul .

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=A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864