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To: KonKilo who wrote (5242)	8/17/2003 6:06:05 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793600

Here are your kind of people, SC. Why I am a libertarian There's a "bar" on Edmonton's north side that's not really a bar. It's called Keep It Simple, and it's a private club for recovering alcoholics and drug abusers in 12-step programs. Needless to say, a very large majority of such people smoke cigarettes. On July 1 the City of Edmonton stepped up its ban on public smoking, allowing only establishments with a liquor license to permit smoking indoors. As Jason Markusoff reports in today's Edmonton Journal, a bylaw enforcement officer visited Keep It Simple and ordered the club to get a liquor license. Yes, you read that right--an officer enforcing a health regulation ordered a club for recovering alcoholics to get a liquor license. But wait--it gets worse. The club's application was turned down by the province. The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission refused to issue [the club] a licence Thursday, because they weren't planning to actually sell liquor. "They weren't looking for a liquor licence, they were looking for a smoking licence," said Alberta Gaming spokeswoman Marilyn Carlyle-Helms. Sneering arrogance plus stupidity and cruelty! It really takes public-sector training to pack all these things into just 14 words. colbycosh.com