Posted on 12/01/2015 7:56:20 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Nanny State PING!
May they enjoy the loss of tax dollars from the lack of taxable revenue.
I bet if you were to ask the 54% of the people who voted for the ban if they thought businesses would have to close down because of the vote, close to 1/3rd would claim that they didn't think it would have any economic impact at all.
Welcome to a society full of adults without any common sense whatsoever.
He should have tried to hold on a little longer. The jugheads will be legalizing and taxing “the hell” out of recreational medical marijuana and people will be able to smoke in his bar again.
If you don’t want to patronize bars that allow smoking don’t patronize bars that allow smoking.
Perhaps it’s time for a smoke-in?
Exactly. Some places passed the ban on smoking in bars because “of health risks to the employees”. There’s health risks in a lot of occupations, but no one is forced to work there.
“Perhaps it’s time for a smoke-in?”
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I’ll come-—and bring the coffee.
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Yep we lack common sense and the ability to think things through; the ability to think about consequences of these decisions.
Ummmm. I’m a non-smoker...
Are you pro freedom or not?
You can stand outside and peek in. :-)
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Very much pro freedom, to the degree that while interviewing in Texas some years back I had a nice talk with a lady (are all Southern women ladies? It sure seemed like it on that trip!) who was smoking at the table next to me.
I pointed out that in California what she was doing would be illegal, and that as a non-smoker I didn’t particularly like tobacco smoke, but that, that, smelled like freedom!
I finished with a caution to not let them pass similar laws there.
I could, I could even come in and join you, But Wyoming is too far for an issue that doesn’t dominate my life.
That doesn’t stop me from suggesting a peaceful way to start the process of breaking the nanny-state’s back.
Look at the changes a few melanin enhanced kids started just by sitting at the counter of a diner!
I was in Helena, MT many years ago just after they’d passed a similar no smoking law. I walked into an old downtown bar, and everyone there was smoking. I asked the bartender about that, and he said that the mayor and city council were welcome to come in, but they hadn’t ever before, and he didn’t expect they ever would. It turned out that the police chief said he would rather solve crimes than go around finding people sneaking a smoke.
I am sorry to hear that the communists have made that much headway in Wyoming.
That would make sense as he did it voluntarily before the ban. Just think of all the folks that would like to go to a place without a bunch of smoke in their faces all night. Probably enough for a few other places to call themselves smoke free and bring in some new customers.
As it is now with the state/city getting involved, everyone loses.
Casper is miserable to get around, never mind having a few drinks and try to navigate that mess! I’m sorry to say..if your bar closes, find a new state and begin a new business. It’s beautiful there, but it’s too cold, and too windy on top of everything else.
You can do better business elsewhere, I promise!! I have family there, and have enjoyed my visits there, but then, I visited in the country. It was a horrible chore trying to get through town, and the accidents I’ve seen there were unbelievable! I mean, cars turning out of an intersection hitting head on to parked cars waiting for the lights to turn! I watched the cars who hit the other cars, KEEP ACCELERATING and push the cars they hit, down the block as though they were totally unaware that anything at all even happened!
I’ve seen motorcyclists totally run down and run over like they were never even there! I’ve seen cars run 50 in the town stated 30mph, and slam into cars back ends, and keep on going!
But the nuts in charge of the asylum are worried that somebody might smoke a cigarette???? Holy Cow!
It’s beautiful country chalk full of loonie toons.
I’m skeptical that it was necessarily the smoking ban. Is every other bar in town closing too? Cigarettes have been banned in here for about 20 years now and plenty are still in business. Bars close all the time for reasons other than smoking bans. Maybe they should have called Bar Rescue.
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