Raphael Ortega was the sponsor of the Ramsey County tobacco ordinance. He has stated regularly that he did and would support a total ban. His reason for the partial ban was he did not have the votes on the board for a total ban.
To the best of my knowledge Coleman has not taken a position. A question worth asking. Here is a SAVE THE DATE update. The Ramsey Tobacco Coalition is preparing a grand celebration for the first day of smoke-free restaurants in Ramsey County. We will host several evening events on March 31. So far we have scheduled an event at Champs in New Brighton. There will also be a couple of other celebration sites in the rest of the county. I will let you know the details as we firm them up. We are also distributing $2.00 off coupons for participating restaurants. The coupons will be featured in neighborhood newspapers and you will be able to down-load additional coupons from the ANSR website in about a week (www.ansrmn.org). The coupons are good March 31 to May 31. The Minneapolis convention bureau is doing a pricey campaign to support their smoke-free city. Their promotion will include billboards, no doubt in Saint Paul, inviting people to come, eat, drink and breath clean air. What can I say? Down with billboards!! Jeanne Weigum Breathing easy in Merriam Park M Charles Swope wrote: > > Have either Coleman or Ortega (we already know about > Kelly)stated a position on the smoking ban issue? Does > anyone know what their positions might be? > > Speaking of which, yet another city, Philadelphia, is > getting ready to enact a comprehensive ban, i.e., one > that includes bars as well as restaurants. The same > arguments are being raised there as we heard here. A > survey in Philadelphia had 31% of respondents stating > that they'd be more likely to go out to a bar or > restaurant if smoking was banned while only 6% stated > they'd be less likely to do so. But the bar owners > still oppose the ban despite all the evidence > accumulating from cities with bans that patronage > actually increases after a ban. > http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/11076631.htm > > Let's hope that with a new mayor, we can finally get a > ban in place here in St. Paul. It's obvious that it's > not going to happen at the state level this session. > > Charlie Swope > Ward 1 > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/ -- Jeanne Weigum 651-646-3005 fax 651-646-0142 ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/
