Daley says smoking on stage should be snuffed

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Mayor Richard Daley said Saturday that there should be no exceptions to the city's anti-smoking ordinance or a proposed statewide smoking ban, not even actors in Chicago's bustling theater industry.

"The law applies to everyone, it applies everywhere," Daley said, speaking with reporters at the Kids & Kites Festival at the Museum of Science and Industry. "You can't exempt them from a state law."

In Chicago,there's no freedom from the political authorities: none.