Bleeding edge policy at DC City Council

David Catania proposes expropriating prescription drugs and now this from Carol Schwartz... (whether or not you agree with smoking bans, I do think people have to accept that smoking smells and is an irritant to others; it's not just a matter of personal choice, it impacts other people).

From the Business Journal: "D.C. Council's Schwartz: Ban alcohol along with smoking in bars":

D.C. Councilwoman Carol Schwartz introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the sale of alcohol in all bars, restaurants and nightclubs. Suddenly, the debate over a proposed smoking ban in D.C. is getting fun.

In what appears to be a statement against anti-smoking legislation, the councilwoman, D-at large, introduced "the Worker Occupational Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2005, Part II," a response to a public health bill that would ban smoking in bars and restaurants in the District. "I never thought I could ban drinking just because I didn't like it, but now I know I can," Schwartz says in a lengthy, satirical statement. "The impending smoking ban has empowered me."

Is that wine, or perhaps it's non-alcoholic?