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Jump to full article: Toledo (OH) Blade, 2008-08-13
Intro: Boy, The Blade really is the limit. The editorial board's made quite clear its fanatical opposition regarding smoking in a July 27 editorial, as well as in past editorials on the subject. Now that a legitimate challenge to the draconian Smoke Free Ohio ban is being mounted - not an unreasonable action in a free society - The Blade fires up its editorial machine to belittle and attempt to squelch any opposition to its elitist views.
Because the ban's passage was a majority of only the one-third of Ohio's eligible voters actually voting, it is disingenuous of The Blade to pass it off as a mandate.
The Blade has shown its two-sided face yet again in a July 27 editorial called "No smoking exemptions" by saying 'the voters have spoken' and to "ignore the will of the voters, we have three words of advice: Forget about it."
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