At the risk of going out on a plank and then sawing it off behind me....
"It's just awesome," he said of the change and the reaction he's been receiving. "Families say they plan on coming in more often now," he said. Mark Fulton, whose restaurant, Mr. Pizza, went smoke-free after his 17-year-old son developed cancer.
This is from the the cleanairminneapolis.org site
Robert then writes:
There are many components to this issue, values, money, health, bias.....there's a lot to sort out about it. There's a saying in the East, "you can't smooth water with your hand". There are times when the government should step in and stop injustice and there are times when it should step back, keep an eye on a situation and see what happens......I would rather have the police do more crisis work.
Let club and bar owners make their own choices based on their values and economics and let me make my choices based on my values. But what about the rest of us, the people that want to breathe clean air wherever we are at? Isn't this a type of discrimination? As long as you have clean air in your cars, and in your houses, and in your bars, let the rest of the world burn.
Why can't all our buses run on electricity or something that does not significantly pollute? How about what they do in London? Charge 8 bucks to come in and out of the city? How about that? they haven't rolled up the sidewalks there, London is still moving and shaking and will be the better for it.
So let's c'mon...... let's do it, even three dollars will slow some traffic coming into Mpls..........that money could be earmarked for clean air projects.......Which right should we protect, your right to pollute or my right to breathe clean air?
Robert Yorga St. Anthony West
"But these things cannot be seen with your physical eyes, therefore I give you spiritual vision to perceive my majestic power." -Krishna
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