Some people in Kenmore, Washington, just north of Seattle city limits, are attempting to ban card rooms. Here's an excerpt from an article in this morning's paper regarding the issue.

"Advocates of the ban on "social card games" believe it would prevent Kenmore's one-mile commercial stretch along state Route 522 from becoming a gaming mecca -- a tinselly Las Vegas-style strip drawing unsavory poker players from the many neighboring cities (like Seattle) where card rooms have already been outlawed.

Out walking her Bichon Frise, Lily, 61-year-old Rita Gregory said gambling doesn't fit into the "family-type place with lots of kids and dogs" that defines Kenmore.

"You just expect the worst things to go on when there's gambling," "

So all of you unsavory types, give it up and go out and walk your Bichon Frise instead.