That is why the antis have now moved to the state level.........they will not stop, because to stop pushing the bans means to lose their funding, thus their paychecks.
I don't know what the republicans in many states are thinking about with these bans. It was Hose republicans in Delaware, with the help of a snivelling lying rat Senator that shoved the ban down our throats. And it was a Senate republican pushing it here in Virginia....however the majority of the Senate Republicans slapped it down nearly 2 to 1.
"Hose republicans"
Fruedian slip or not, that is an appropriate title!
I found it a little amusing how you and a number of other 'neighboring' states are saying how the ban failed in your states.
WHEN, one of the reasons being used to pass the ban (I unfortunately had to excerpt due to copyright rules) was that 'our neighboring states are doing it'.
>>>> Segarra credited this to a renewed concern about rates of smoking in a state that seems more and more out of step with the policies of its neighbors.
"We have neighboring states like New York, Rhode Island and Delaware that have already done this and shown that establishments don't lose business. On the contrary, they're much more productive," she said. "The job opportunities go up." <<<<<<<
One of the reasons it goes through the state without the fight is that in cities restaurant owners (in particular) are able to say, "I'll lose customers to the restaurants in the next city." But if it's state wide, no reastaurant owner in the middle of the state is going to care.