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Dec. 13th, 2005 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lollardfishAny clue who I write to about the Minneapolis smoking ban? I spent money in bars last weekend in a Minneapolis bar /because/ it was smoke-free. Now the Hennepin Cnty Commission has temporarily reduced the ban to only apply to places that sell more food than liquor. Time to complain.
EDIT: After further review, while it seems clear that some bars have been hurt and that the demographic of bar use has changed (where people go, etc.), overall, the hospitality industry has remained pretty stable. So ... I feel bad for bars being hurt. My stance remains.
EDIT: After further review, while it seems clear that some bars have been hurt and that the demographic of bar use has changed (where people go, etc.), overall, the hospitality industry has remained pretty stable. So ... I feel bad for bars being hurt. My stance remains.
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Date: 2005-12-13 11:03 pm (UTC)Society has a right to restrict nuisance behavior
We have every legal right to listen to (shudder) Slim Witman at 3 a.m...
We have every legal right to watch gory, mad slasher films while eating Thanksgiving dinner...
-but I don't have the right to inflict those activities upon the senses of my neighbors. Our culture is increasingly looking at smoking as a nuisance behavior.