Subject: Endorsements for the City Council Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:28:44 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong Sorry , spaced out and forgot my address & phone number : Bob Armstrong 42 Peck Slip, NYC 10038 212-285-1864 -- To the editor: For the hundreds of thousands of us whose simple right to relax= with, eg, in my case, a cigar, a Guinness and friends, has been= criminalized, and for those of our fellow citizens who simply= believe in tolerance and freedom and property rights, our choice= is simple. Unless your incumbent is one of the brave few , Mssrs Addabbo,= Gallagher, McMahon, Monserrate and Reed in districts 32, 30, 49,= 21 and 8 respectively, who stood against this extension of the= drug war to tobacco use among consenting adults in private= establishments, vote for individual liberty and responsibility;= vote against your incumbent. For, unless your incumbent is one of those few, they clearly do= not respect you, rights of private property, or even logic= itself basing this prohibition of all on a privileged= hypothetical class incapable of starting and running their own= establishments where they may set their own rules. Perhaps most horrendous, at a time when the City is laying off= firemen and closing fire stations, these prohibitionists are= necessarily adding more than 20 secret nanny-police at a cost of= around $1,000,000 to persecute their newly criminalized fellow= citizens. Vote Tuesday. Vote to end this trend. Vote for individual liberty and responsibility. Vote against your incumbent. Bob Armstrong, Manhattan Libertarian drug affairs director 42 Peck Slip, NYC NY 10038 212-285-1864