A Vegas bar owner was sued Monday for failing to comply with the new “Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act” a/k/a “The Smoking Ban”.

Stephen Mignali, owner of Bilbo’s Bar and and Grill was apparently waiting for the chance to challenge the laws.

That’s why he put ashtrays out.

“The ash trays were left out so we could get a court test,” Peccole told The Associated Press. “I’m born and raised here. I don’t like that someone can come in and tell you how to operate your business - who can smoke, and who can’t smoke.”

Now, I don’t give a damn about the smoking ban one way or the other … but I don’t think ole’ Steve is going to win this one.

I’ll tell you why, and it’s really simple.

Because you can’t drink beer in Walmart.

See, I told you it was simple.

Apparently Steve is not aware that “someone” has been telling Nevadans how to “run their business” since … well …. forever.

Have you ever been to Walmart? Don’t you think being completely wasted would make the experience more tolerable?

Well, who’s to tell Walmart who can and can’t drink in their establishment? (or smoke pot in the privacy of their own home … but that’s another post)

The government can. Just as they can tell them how much sales tax to collect, how many handicapped parking spaces they have to have, how many handicapped bathroom stalls they have to have, and that they cannot discriminate in the store on the basis of race or religion.

No business in this country has ever, and I mean EVER, been able to operate in this country without “someone coming in and telling them how to operate their business”.

So, you see, Steve can’t win.

Because if Steve does win, that means that I can drink a gallon of vodka in Walmart, and he can tell “those somones coming in” that he doesn’t want to paint no stinking handicapped parking spaces out front.

And what kind of precident would that set?

One that won’t happen.

But if by some fluke chance he does win … I’m sooo downing a fifth of Jack Daniels while chasing the Walmart greeter around with my pants around my knees.

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