I'm not a smoker, so all my opinions are biased. There's great contention here about the smoking ban. It's come back up for vote once already (in a measure to appeal the ban which narrowly lost). It seems that those hardest hit by the ban are the little neighborhood working-class joints. The more upscale bars or the student bars don't seem to be bothered too much. You do now see crowds of people hovering around doorways. Should be interesting to see what happens.
I have mixed feelings. I think it's a complicated issue in that what one person does affects the health of those around them. I love being able to go out with no smoke around me. But, I also feel for all the bartenders and business owners and waitstaff who's incomes are suffering. On 9/30/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that explains that then. Just wondered as the governor is now jumping on > the > bandwagon, though with lower numbers from what I gather. > Other question out of curiosity, how is the local smoking ban working out? > And do you personally smoke? We had one a couple of years back and I'm > loving it, but I'm a non-smoker and we don't have the sort of quilted > jurisdictions you describe. Only one small village inside Albuquerque, and > several on the fringes. > > Dana > On 9/30/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There was specific language that stated that the state law supercedes > all > > local laws. > > > > The local smoking ban passed. The state smoking ban is still in limbo. > > > > On 9/27/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Pausing between tasks here. I am not really sure why the state law > > > overrides > > > the local ordinance unless there was language specifically saying so? > > Just > > > interested in how this has worked (or not) elsewhere. > > > And by the way, did the no smoking ordinance pass? > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175556 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
