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;EXHIB'IT' C). OTHER QUOTES TO'USE 1. "PeopSe who don''t like restaurant owners will purposely go in 2'. to non smoking areas and light up. Thereby subjecting the owner to anything from a fine to an argument, to a fist fight, to a lawsuit." "'People cann't afford to go out to eat nowr The added'cost for the restaurant owner as a result of this bill will only be passed on to the consumer. How much more d'o we have to put up with."' 3. "Our courts are over crowded now - it takes five to six years to have some cases heard'. We certainly d!on" t needd any further Jamming of the courts."' "Enforcement of major crimes is one of'our countries biggest social problems. Do you realTy think we can have Taw en- " forcement officials chasing smokers around." 5. "If'you want to see examples of selective enforcement and~ resulting discriminationicases~in court.,,j'ust try and put this law onithe books." 6. "If'restaurant owners want to set aside a section for smokers or non-smokers that"s their business~. They paid for the rest- aurant,, they should decide how it is run". Why should a restaurant owner or manager be respons3:ble if someone Tights up inithe wrong place. He's going to have to hire a floor walker to stand over each table to make sure people don,''t light up. Who's going, to bear the brunt of that expense? The consumer of course. This bill is rid iculous'". 8. "Maybe government should buy all the restaurants in the state and then they could'd'ecide exactly how they are run. Rest- aurants should'be run by the people who buy them"'. "How muchimore governmental intrusion can I expect in my private life; I am a grown person and should be able to decide for myself whether I can smoke or not"'.

10. "Don''t you think it"s rather foolish to fine an owner of' a rest- aurant for an act that he didn't commit. Try and make that one stick in court". 11, lt's easy for you to pass a law that's going to cost restaurant owners many thousands of dollars,, so why don''t you pass a law that will give them the money they needito comply with the law?"' 12. "If people don't want to golinto a restaurant that allows, smoking that shouldibe their business. Let people decidc for themseTves." 13. "'Government encroachment is reaching an all time high. What private pleasure will you attempt to regulate next?" 14. "'A1l this law is doing is causing severe financial problems for restaurant owners."' 15. ""Why don''tyouiregulatethewearing, ofreprehensibleafter-_ shavelio~tion or perfumei'n restaurants. If you,think about it,,you probably have been extremely annoyed by these odors in a restaurant on more than one occasion." 16. "'We have enough regulatory agencies now that are making, our tax bi']ilshig,h enough. All this law is going,to do:iscause bureaucracy to grow and'our tax bill tolescalate. We cann't afford higher taxes to pay for enforcement of this law." 17'. "Maybe you should' regulate whether people are allowed to bring crying babies andd noisy children into restaurants or whether the restaurant owner should;be made to segxegate his rest- aurant into families with children and families witho no. children. If the smokers were segregated' and' families were segregated what would'you do with a family that had children and the father or mother smoked as opposed to a family who had children and the parents didn"t smoke. Then there would be the family with no small children who weren't noisy andithen there would be ---. Don't you think government should stay out of our private lives and let us eat where we want to?"

18. "The law is unenforceable!I Where are you going to find people to enforce this law? We cann't enforce the ones on the book now." 191. "If the truth were known most non-smokers probably don"t want to be segregated. But once again the boisterous few are attempting to impose their wishes on everybody." 201. "'I''m a smoker and I made the decision to smoke on my own. Restaurant owners should be allowed to decide if they wantt people to smoke in their restaurants. If people don"t eat in their restaurants the owners lose the money. Let themidecider for themselves.'1`