so there is definitely an economic impact? We didn't see one here, but that may be a matter of geography. If you drive out of town, in most directions you wind up in an indian reservation, with a casino but little else. Also, they exempted establishments that make more than a certain amount of their sales from alcohol.
Dana On 9/30/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not a smoker, so all my opinions are biased. There's great contention > here about the smoking ban. It's come back up for vote once already (in a > measure to appeal the ban which narrowly lost). It seems that those > hardest > hit by the ban are the little neighborhood working-class joints. The more > upscale bars or the student bars don't seem to be bothered too much. You > do > now see crowds of people hovering around doorways. Should be interesting > to > see what happens. > > I have mixed feelings. I think it's a complicated issue in that what one > person does affects the health of those around them. I love being able to > go > out with no smoke around me. But, I also feel for all the bartenders and > business owners and waitstaff who's incomes are suffering. > > > On 9/30/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > that explains that then. Just wondered as the governor is now jumping on > > the > > bandwagon, though with lower numbers from what I gather. > > Other question out of curiosity, how is the local smoking ban working > out? > > And do you personally smoke? We had one a couple of years back and I'm > > loving it, but I'm a non-smoker and we don't have the sort of quilted > > jurisdictions you describe. Only one small village inside Albuquerque, > and > > several on the fringes. > > > > Dana > > On 9/30/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > There was specific language that stated that the state law supercedes > > all > > > local laws. > > > > > > The local smoking ban passed. The state smoking ban is still in limbo. > > > > > > On 9/27/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Pausing between tasks here. I am not really sure why the state law > > > > overrides > > > > the local ordinance unless there was language specifically saying > so? > > > Just > > > > interested in how this has worked (or not) elsewhere. > > > > And by the way, did the no smoking ordinance pass? > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175557 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
