We don't pass ordinances to close a business. Bonfire is what started this. A century of irrefutable, accumulated data on the health hazards of smoking and a nation grown weary of being sick and tired from the blue haze of poisons that kills millions every year�through no choice and no fault of their own�to enrich the nicotine business is what has done this.
Surely, intelligent debaters know that no one bar opening in 2004 is responsible for the flood of laws here and in many states forbidding smoking in public places�laws enacted long ago they're both successful and more comprehensive. Bonfire is the least of our worries, and this is the problem with anecdotal information. It belies the larger questions of overall public health and worker safety. Andy Driscoll Crocus Hill/Ward 2 -- Visit our weblog: http://bumpasblog.blogspot.com > From: John Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 05:14:58 -0800 (PST) > >> If I wanted to avoid smoke, I would have had to avoid Cafe Latte, since I >> always got a blast from Bonfire. I think I have written this before, but if >> Dennis should be P.O.'ed at anybody, it should be with the owner's of >> Bonfire. If they hadn't been so arrogant to begin with, defending their >> patrons right to smoke, or by being civilized business owners, and simply >> agreeing to close their doors, it would have never become an issue. > > Why aren't we proposing an ordinance to get Bonfire to close their doors? > that seems to be the issue that started this. > > John Harris > webber-camden _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
