Just a couple of thoughts on the smoking ban in LICENSED, REGULATED, facilities that are allowed, permitted to exist by the act of the regulating authority - the City of Saint Paul. It is amazing how the operators of these LICENSED, REGULATED, EXISTING AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, want to suggest that their business is a private matter and they have the inherent right to allow whatever activities they want in the facility. The sale of liquor and the sale of food are regulated activities by the Feds, the state, and the cities. The business of selling liquor or cooked food to the public are industries that the government has controlled for at least a hundred years. You don't get a license to sell unless you agree to abide by the terms of the regulating government. Cities also limit the number of and location of these licensed facilities largely at the request of the existing license holders! My point is that there are still "dry counties" in this country. There are also many small towns where you can't open a business selling liquor, only the municipal liquor store can sell alcohol. These are not businesses that just start on their own. You can not have a liquor license in a city that isn't giving out liquor licenses. Bar and restaurant owners may make the case that their customers would prefer to be allowed to smoke in their facilities, but the bars and restaurants are not "private" matters, and the owners have no rights as to how to operate them other than those rights given by the regulating authority.
J.M.O.N.T.O.M.E.P.P.O.F. Chuck Repke
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