Here is the breakdown: Haigh, Reinhardt, Ortega total ban Weisner, Bennett: Restaurants only McDonough, Rettman would have preferred nothing but agreed to do restaurants... pretty much.
Bennett made it clear HE wanted to revisit the issue in 2 years and that is in the ordinance. Rettman said she may be as far as she wanted to go. Bennett has opined that anyone who spends a lot of money on a ventilation system better not plan on complaining in 2 years that they just spent a lot of money on ventilation. Bennett also is pretty frustrated with the smokers gauntlet at the entrance to the city/county building. rod halvorson wrote: > > I would like to add to this information. I talked to Ortega about this > issue. He said he orginally proposed the idea of a smoking ban in > restaurants and bars (just like Senator Dibble's bill in the Senate). He > said 3 of the 7 Commissioners would have voted for the comprehensive ban. 4 > of them would only accept the ban for restaurants. > > I have heard Commissioner Janice Rettman was one of the 4 who did not want to > ban smoking in bars. It would be great to find out how all 7 would have > voted. > > Rod Halvorson > downtown resident > > GLORIA E BOGEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From the Ramsey County website - this should easily answer the question on > Commissioner Ortega's position (I recommend everyone go to the website - > there is a direct link to info on the smoking ban and it begins in less than > a month) > > Last September 2004, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 to > adopt a Smoke-Free Ordinance prohibiting smoking in restaurants (Smoke-Free > Ordinance Overview). All licensed food service establishments in Ramsey > County including the cities of Saint Paul, Maplewood and New Brighton must > comply with the smoke-free ordinance. The smoke-free ordinance allows bars > and private clubs to apply for an exemption if they qualify according to > ordinance guidelines. To help the public identify whether or not smoking is > permitted, proprietors of all food and beverage establishments must post > appropriate signage in their facilities. > > Gloria Bogen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > West Side = Best Side > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: M Charles Swope > To: [email protected] > Subject: [StPaul] Smoking Ban - Candidates' Positions > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:16:28 -0800 (PST) > > 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > > --------------------------------- > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > ------------------------------------------------- > 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/
