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I read this news article http://www.news4jax.com/news/2730729/detail.html  about the financial impact the Smoking Ban is having on Florida. Restaurants are experiencing a 40% loss of revenues. I am including a copy of the article

Written by the Associated Press.

I am involved with a grassroots group called Florida Rights dedicated to fighting the unconstitutional smoking ban. We are collecting ban loss information from places all over

the country to prove smoking bans do hurt businesses.

It is absolutely amazing how the American Cancer Society, Lung, and Heart Associations are running the State of Florida. They are overruling state legislation as far as nonprofit organizations. These clubs were exempt from the law but now are being told by the ATB (run by the ACS) that they are not.  Charity money and membership is down.

You may be interested in the following website: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/com/content/div_FL/Com_4_5x_2002_legislative_agenda.asp?sitearea=Com

According to the IRS, 501c3 nonprofit organizations cannot influence legislation. The information provided in this website certainly contradicts this law.

In my opinion this is where the abuses are, and would make a great news article. Also, a word to the wise, “Follow the Money!”

You can check out my page at http://floridarights.tripod.com/

To see what our united business owners are doing to fight this smoking ban.

Please save my email address. I am available for comments in any article you may research in the future. You can contact me at cher@tnni.net or call me at 1-863-699-1596.

Sincerely,

Cheryl Butler, President

Florida Rights

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