To: freepatriot32
I still don't understand how the government can tell a bar or restaurant owner that they cannot permit smoking in their own PRIVATELY OWNED establishment. Am I missing something here?
11 posted on
04/13/2004 12:59:48 PM PDT by
sneakers
To: sneakers
I still don't understand how the government can tell a bar or restaurant owner that they cannot permit smoking in their own PRIVATELY OWNED establishment. Am I missing something here? Most people are under the misguided notion that because a bar or restaurant is open to the public, the public has a right to dictate the uses of that property. Thus we have anti-discrimination laws, smoking bans, etc.
13 posted on
04/13/2004 1:06:33 PM PDT by
timm22
To: sneakers
I still don't understand how the government can tell a bar or restaurant owner that they cannot permit smoking in their own PRIVATELY OWNED establishment. Am I missing something here?No, but I think the attorneys for the plaintiffs missed your point entirely. Private property rights seem to be an alien concept in the Northeast.
17 posted on
04/13/2004 1:20:15 PM PDT by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: sneakers
Am I missing something here? Yes. The bar/restaurant obtains its license to operate from ...
21 posted on
04/13/2004 1:25:38 PM PDT by
cinFLA
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