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Bar owners group to sue state over new anti-smoking law(NY)
Business Review (Albany) ^
| 4/22/2003
| Business Review
Posted on 04/22/2003 2:03:44 PM PDT by Outraged At FLA
Bar owners group to sue state over new anti-smoking law
Bar and tavern owners will sue the state to overturn the no-smoking laws that take effect on July 24, said Scott Wexler, executive director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association.
He's waiting for official notification from his board to initiate a lawsuit, Wexler said. Once that happens, he anticipates that it will take 45 to 60 days to put the suit together, he said.
On March 26 the state Senate and Assembly approved legislation banning smoking in bars and restaurants. Gov. George Pataki signed the bill into law later that day.
All of the Albany, N.Y.-area's Democratic legislators supported the measure, as did the area's Republican state Senators. The region's Assembly Republicans voted against the bill.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: newyork; ny; nynazis; pufflist; smoking
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Nice to see someone is standing up against that RINO Pataki and his RINO cronies. Hope they win!
To: Outraged At FLA
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:08:39 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: Outraged At FLA
I doubt if the bar owners will win as long as the junk science about the dangers of second hand smoke still stands.
The tobacco companies caved in and they had the money to fight this nonsense so who else will do it?
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:09:27 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Outraged At FLA
bump
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:13:44 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth.....)
To: Outraged At FLA
The sweet smell of success? Not having to inhale someone else's filthy addiction!
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:16:27 PM PDT
by
Dr. Luv
To: Max McGarrity
People should be able to enjoy the freedom of having a smoke - but other people should enjoy the freedom of not having to smell it.
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:22:20 PM PDT
by
kever
To: Outraged At FLA
To: kever
Thats easy. let them open their own establishments.
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:26:52 PM PDT
by
Khepera
(Do not remove by penalty of law!)
To: kever
Then don't patronize an establishment that allows it. We should, as should the business owners, have the right to do so if we so wish.
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:27:12 PM PDT
by
kissthis
To: Dr. Luv
If you don't like cigarette smoke, don't go to bars and eat joints that allow smoking.
If you do not like what others are doing, go else where. Why pass laws because you are a puss?
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:32:02 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
To: Outraged At FLA
But Herr Bloomberg and his Nazi supporters insist on controlling what you breath, what you earn and what you eat. How dare anyone oppose this. Where's Joe Goebbels when you need him to straighten these infidels out?
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:32:23 PM PDT
by
Beck_isright
("We created underarm deodorant, and the French turned that down too."-Mitch Daniels, Budget Director)
To: Dr. Luv
"The sweet smell of success? Not having to inhale someone else's filthy addiction!"
If I run into you on the street and you have B.O. and smell, remind me to have you banned from going out in public during daylight hours also. That's a comment worthy of DU. Do you contribute there frequently also comrade?
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:33:26 PM PDT
by
Beck_isright
("We created underarm deodorant, and the French turned that down too."-Mitch Daniels, Budget Director)
To: kever
"People should be able to enjoy the freedom of having a smoke - but other people should enjoy the freedom of not having to smell it."
Agreed. I have a friend who owns a bar in Florida and guess what; he does not force non-smokers in there at gunpoint.
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:34:06 PM PDT
by
Beck_isright
("We created underarm deodorant, and the French turned that down too."-Mitch Daniels, Budget Director)
To: kissthis
We should, as should the business owners, have the right to do so (smoke and/or be in a smoke-filled environment) if we so wish.Funny how this point has been ignored by the "nanny-state" types. Where does it stop, I keep asking? Apparently there's nothing worse than being ignorant AND hard-headed.
Don't want to breathe second-hand smoke - then stay out of establishments where smoking is OK. This isn't rocket science, last time I checked.
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:37:42 PM PDT
by
toddst
To: Beck_isright
The reasoning for this law was that workers at these establisments have no choice but inhale the SHS, well, why didn't they just make it mandatory that every establishment furnish gas masks or chem suits for the employees who wish to wear them?
That would have taken care of the issue.
The issue is not whether you enjoy a smoke filled or smoke free room. You have the freedom to go to a smoking or non-smoking establishment.
To: Outraged At FLA
If the guvmint wants smoke-free bars and restaurants, why don't they give a tax break or a discount on the liquor license fees for establishments that want to be smoke free. Then the non-smoking public can have their places and the smokers can have theirs.
To: Dr. Luv
"The sweet smell of success? Not having to inhale someone else's filthy addiction!"
I plan to open a theme restaurant (using my own capital, on my own property.) We will serve beans and other gas-causing food, and celebrate all the ensuing farting, which will be supplemented with images, sounds and smells in accordance with the theme. The restrooms will have microphones to broadcast the special effects, and the stalls will have picture wondows overlooking the dining room. Disgusted?
Don't want to work in such an environment? Don't apply!
Don't want to eat in such an environment? Don't come!
Your personal tastes and preferences are not cause to deny my fundamental property rights and freedom of association, nor those of my (relatively few) potential customers.
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:42:50 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
("Democracy, whiskey! And sexy!")
To: Veggie Todd
"If the guvmint wants smoke-free bars and restaurants, why don't they give a tax break or a discount on the liquor license fees for establishments that want to be smoke free." Because, that would be a waste of the Jackboots.
Wow....there are a lot of uptight people here today - better go light up a smoke...harhar
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posted on
04/22/2003 2:51:00 PM PDT
by
kever
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