Tuesday, May 26, 2009
City of Eagle to regulate smoking... maybe
Posted by Brady Moore on Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Eagle's Clean Indoor Air Ordinance, an effort to regulate smoking in the city, was scheduled to be discussed at 6:30 tonight at Eagle City Hall. However, it has been pushed back to June 9th.
Is this a conspiracy to throw off the public? Staffer Jeff Lowe assured me "It's no conspiracy, we pushed it back because not all council members will be present at tonight's meeting."
citydesk hears that Councilman Norm Semanko was not able to attend the hearing tonight, hence the delay.
After a March 24th public hearing, the city council delayed making a decision on the smoking ban. That decision is now delayed again, until June 9th.
The proposed ordinance has rattled some Eagle residents including one who emailed Mayor Bandy saying "I am concerned at the continued loss of liberty in our country at large and in our city in particular."
Mayor Phil Bandy has confirmed that "the ordinance does not prohibit smoking; it limits the location of the activity so as not to negatively impact non-smokers in public places."
You can read the concerned citizen's email to Mayor Bandy and the mayor's response here.
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What if Government mandated smoking sections
What if the governments mandated that all currently smoke-free hospitality venues MUST provide a smoking section to accommodate smokers, against the wishes of business owners who choose
to go smoke-free of their own free will?
That wouldn't be fair, would it?
Neither are government mandated smoking bans.
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I believe that non-smokers, like anyone else, have this right.
But how far does that right extend?
Should it take priority over someone else's rights?
Court houses, publicly owned buildings and anywhere else an
individual might be forced to go should properly be included in any
smoking law.
What should not be included are places located in or on private property,
providing an individual is not compelled by necessity or law,
to frequent or work at that specific location.
Don't know how much of a nightlife you have in your city, but if you do and the smoking ban comes in, simply kiss it goodbye.
The government wants you to purchase the minty-fresh nicotine gums with a 98% failure rate so big pharma keeps the money flowing, which you will want to do if you can't smoke in your favorite gathering place. Let freedom ring and ban the bans!
Eagle would make a very huge mistake in passing a comprehensive ban. If the mayor and other city council members foolishly think a ban would work, they should look at how state smoking bans have devastated casinos throughout Colorado and Illinois. Respectively, casino business is off 13% in Colorado, and off by a whooping 22% in Illinois. I have heard Illinois casinos in the Chicago area took an even bigger hit because of the state ban(in the 25%-33% range), and gamblers overwhelmingly voted with their feet for northwest Indiana casinos, and Indian casinos in southwest Michigan and southeast Wisconsin.
They also must check out http://www.smokechoke.com and educate themselves on how many Ohio businesses ignore their state ban, just to keep their doors open. I'm glad other Boise-area communities(including the city of Boise) have resisted the campaigning of Smoke-Free Idaho, and hope Eagle doesn't make the foolish mistake of voting for a comprehensive ban. This proposed ban is NOT about health, and is only because anti-smoking groups want to REMOVE all free choice for adult businesses on the smoking issue! If residents want more 100% non-smoking adult businesses, they should use their brain for once and patronize Boise area adult businesses that made the choice to go smoke-free.
Seems the Eagle "elite" are hell bent on pushing any recession-teetering business over the edge. Don't look to them to have any "answers" about the fall off of TAX revenues... i.e. "theft" benefits. They'll curiously scratch their pointy heads and do what they always do best... bleed everyone else for more money to make up the shortfall. Coz Dey No Best!
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