I've been thinking more about this idea of regulating smoking in bars and restaurants vs. banning it.
Some folks have proposed that improving ventilation might be a preferable approach for dealing with secondhand smoke. Interestingly, at my neighborhood meeting the other day, my council member gave a brief update on an air emissions problem with one of the local industrial facilities here in Northeast. Apparently, last Saturday evening, the Interplastics facility at 2015 Broadway St. had a malfunction with the thermal oxidizer that they employ to reduce emissions and odors stemming from the facility. The thermal oxidizer system was reportedly only down for about half an hour, but that was long enough for folks shopping at the Quarry nearby to notice something was wrong and complain. Consider also the whole Gopher State Ethanol fiasco for our sister city to the east. So that brings the question to my mind, if we choose to pursue a technical fix for the problem of secondhand smoke in the form of improving ventilation in our bars and restaurants, what do we do when the inevitable breakdowns occur? Because they will occur. Mark Snyder Windom Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
