That's one of the options they're looking at now (exemptions based on 80% alchohol sales). The initial ban (which is about 5 years old) was on 50% alcohol sales. So, bars weren't affected, but restaurants were. The economic impact study results are in yet. My neighbor, who owns one bar and manages a restaurant/bar combo, said his revenues are actually up. But, he's in the area where they would be and his places are "high-end."
On 9/30/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so there is definitely an economic impact? We didn't see one here, but > that > may be a matter of geography. If you drive out of town, in most directions > you wind up in an indian reservation, with a casino but little else. Also, > they exempted establishments that make more than a certain amount of their > sales from alcohol. > > Dana > > On 9/30/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175559 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
