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Bartender given citation for smoking after hours
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World ^ | 9/16/05 | Chad Lawhorn

Posted on 09/25/2005 9:27:16 AM PDT by elkfersupper

The city’s smoking ban never sleeps.

Tiffany Hurter, a bartender at Conroy’s, found that out the hard way this week.

Hurter became the city’s first nonbusiness owner or manager cited under the city’s workplace smoking ban early Wednesday.

Police officers received a tip that the bar was serving drinks after the legal cut-off time of 2 a.m. on Wednesday. A police officer went to the bar, 3115 W. Sixth St., and found no drinking but discovered Hurter smoking a cigarette while talking with a fellow employee and a couple of other friends Hurter had agreed to give a ride.

Hurter said she wasn’t aware she was breaking the law and said she didn’t think the ticket was justified.

“From my understanding, this was put in to protect employees,” Hurter said. “I don’t understand if he was trying to protect me from myself or what.”

Hurter said the one other employee in the establishment also was a smoker, who happened to not be smoking at the time.

City Prosecutor Jerry Little, though, said the law seemed to be clear on the matter.

“It is like I told her, it is a 24-hour ban,” Little said.

Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

Tiffany Hurter, a bartender at Conroy’s, holds the citation she received from a police officer Wednesday for smoking after the bar had closed. Hurter is the first smoker to receive a smoking citation. Hurter said she was unaware that the ban was still enforced after hours. Hurter said Little offered her a plea bargain that would reduce the maximum $100 fine down to $25. She also would have to pay $42 in court costs.

Little said this was the first time the city had issued a ticket to someone other than a business owner. Typically, the city issues tickets to business owners or managers who have allowed illegal smoking to occur in their businesses. Smokers typically aren’t ticketed.

But Little said the ordinance always has allowed smokers to be ticketed. This situation was different from normal because a police officer was on the scene. Normally, Lawrence firefighters respond to smoking complaints. They typically do not issue tickets to patrons because city officials have determined that they do not have the necessary training to issue tickets to members of the general public.

David Corliss, the city’s director of legal services, said Hurter’s case did not signal a change in the city’s enforcement policy.

Hurter is scheduled to appear in Municipal Court on Oct. 12. She said she was considering taking the case to trial.

A Lawrence nightclub owner, Dennis Steffes, has filed a lawsuit in Douglas County District Court alleging that the city’s ban is unconstitutional. That case is awaiting a trial date.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: antismoking; donutwatch; libertarian; libertarians; pufflist; smokers; smoking; smokingban
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Apparently, you can't smoke in a bar in Lawrence, KS at all, even after hours.
1 posted on 09/25/2005 9:27:17 AM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

I hope all the health-nazis are happy.

Who am I kidding, of coure they are. Nothing beats the smug satisfaction of forcing other human beings to submit to your will.


2 posted on 09/25/2005 9:31:16 AM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Wormwood
It wasn't too long ago----the only place I didn't smoke was in church.

I miss the camaraderie, the relaxed, thoughtful conversations.

A true societal tragedy fueled by hysteria.

3 posted on 09/25/2005 9:37:45 AM PDT by elkfersupper
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4 posted on 09/25/2005 9:40:12 AM PDT by freepatriot32 (Deep within every dilemma is a solution that involves explosives)
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5 posted on 09/25/2005 9:40:46 AM PDT by freepatriot32 (Deep within every dilemma is a solution that involves explosives)
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6 posted on 09/25/2005 9:41:48 AM PDT by freepatriot32 (Deep within every dilemma is a solution that involves explosives)
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To: elkfersupper

--a no-doubt "overworked" police department in action--


7 posted on 09/25/2005 9:43:48 AM PDT by rellimpank (urbanites don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm:NRABenefactor)
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A police officer went to the bar, 3115 W. Sixth St., and found no drinking but discovered Hurter smoking a cigarette while talking with a fellow employee

Arrest that man!!

30 lashes at daybreak

That'll teach him liberals believe in freedoms!!!

And if doesn't, then off to reeducation school.

8 posted on 09/25/2005 9:45:41 AM PDT by A message (The Democrat party platform is NOT in the mainstream. It is just foolish.)
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To: rellimpank

Ya get what ya vote fer


9 posted on 09/25/2005 9:46:14 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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To: elkfersupper

What a disgusting police state we have created.


10 posted on 09/25/2005 9:46:20 AM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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What a disgusting police state we have created.

Yup. Somebody, somewhere might be having fun. Can't have that.

11 posted on 09/25/2005 9:48:58 AM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: satchmodog9; Wormwood

It's damn clear who is doing this too.


12 posted on 09/25/2005 9:51:01 AM PDT by SteveMcKing ("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
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To: elkfersupper
“From my understanding, this was put in to protect employees,” Hurter said. “I don’t understand if he was trying to protect me from myself or what.”

Nope, it was put in to raise revenue for the City of Lawrence. Incidentally, that's also why the armed tax collector cited Hurter.

13 posted on 09/25/2005 9:52:35 AM PDT by flada (They don't have meetings about rainbows.)
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To: satchmodog9

Lawrence is the disgusting part. It always has been an extreme liberal blotch on the face of the state of Kansas.


14 posted on 09/25/2005 9:53:27 AM PDT by Concho
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Arrest that man!!

I think that man is a woman. Either that or his name is Tiffany.

15 posted on 09/25/2005 9:55:55 AM PDT by flada (They don't have meetings about rainbows.)
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To: SteveMcKing

There are plenty of so called conservatives who support smoking bans. It would seem some people confuse ideals with their own personal dislike of something.


16 posted on 09/25/2005 9:55:59 AM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: elkfersupper

"Yup. Somebody, somewhere might be having fun. Can't have that."

I was of the opinion that line was the basic view of the Puritans.

But for a real police state, based upon hte premises of Communism Lite, come to the Sheeples Republic of FloriDUH.

Even the FLoriDUH pollution police are armed.
Maybe they are worried that an oil spill might escape?


17 posted on 09/25/2005 9:58:41 AM PDT by GladesGuru ("In a society predicated upon liberty, it is essential to examine principles)
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To: satchmodog9

Believe me, we agree.


18 posted on 09/25/2005 9:59:20 AM PDT by SteveMcKing ("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
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To: flada
I think that man is a woman. Either that or his name is Tiffany.

LOL!!

Arrest that woman!

yes,yes, I did post w/o reading the entire article.:)

19 posted on 09/25/2005 9:59:30 AM PDT by A message (The Democrat party platform is NOT in the mainstream. It is just foolish.)
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To: freepatriot32

BTTT!!!!!!!


20 posted on 09/25/2005 9:59:57 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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