I have also lived many places including overseas and don't particularly find Minneapolis any more inflexible than other places. As a matter of fact I used to work in Bloomington - talk about regulations and rigidity!!! Minneapolis seems like a piece of cake in comparison.
As far as the smoking ban - The funny thing to me is, this issue seems like a piddly gripe session compared to much bigger civil liberties issues of which people should really be talking about. A totally different way of looking at it is that we are way ahead of the curve. Minnesota has been known for it's progressive attitudes, laws, and policies in general and proud of it. It is also known to have some of the healthier populations and envious health care facilities nationally. New York City has gone smoke free, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island - and apparently 26 other states, or parts of them, are considering going smoke free. I was visiting family in New York a while back and it was great! - and you know what? people are doing just be fine with it. Liz Greenbaum Longfellow "Betsy Wenker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My problem with the no-smoking ban is once again the chipping away of personal >individual freedoms. > >I have lived all over the United States and have been here about ten years. I >find this town to be inflexible and exceptionally "rule oriented." I find it >ironic that some of our European puritanistic ancestors fled to the "New >World" to escape inflexible rules & regs back in England and France - I guess >their descendants are making up for it now. > >Elizabeth Cohen -- Elizabeth Greenbaum Director ArtiCulture www.articulture.org 612.729.5151 __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
