Bar owners group to sue state over new anti-smoking law(NY)

Business Review (Albany) ^ | 4/22/2003 | Business Review

[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.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Should I be surprised how many posters on this thread do not believe in a free market system or in property rights?

No....ignorance and years of liberal brainwashing runs deeper than we thought...don't be surprised. Not to mention the fact that a certain percentage of the population is assinine to begin with.

[SheLion]

Not to mention the fact that a certain percentage of the population is assinine to begin with.

That sure is the truth. Not to be cruel, but I think anyone below the age of 30 today has not been well educated.

[Mears]

What does RINO mean? I'm a newbie.

[SheLion]

What does RINO mean? I'm a newbie.

Republican In Name Only. The worst kind.

[Old Professer]

You should have had those thugs who dragged your sorry butt inside arrested.

[Great Dane]

Driving through New York in July........ not stopping.

[Great Dane]

What the result will be - we are all responsible for a cleaner environment and a healthier nation.

You think so, do you....... how about industry and car fumes....... a cleaner environment my foot, boy are you naive.

And I am already lit, thank you.

[Great Dane]

As I have said before, if big tobacco can be bled dry for misleading the public, how about the politicians, they are more misleading than anyone else on earth......... time to bleed them dry.

[kever]

That's a good point no doubt......maybe just "healthier" (from my statement) would make more sense....."cleaner environment" will never happen.......referring to me as naive is out of context so I'm not offended.

[SheLion]

Driving through New York in July........ not stopping.

High Five!

[qam1]

What the result will be - we are all responsible for a cleaner environment

Give me a break - Cigarettes are actually good for the environment because what is Tobacco? A Plant and what do all plants do? Remove Carbon Dioxide from the air and when a cigarette is smoked not all of it is released as CO2 so every cigarette smoked results in a net lose in atmospheric CO2. So smokers should be praised for doing their part in fighting global warming.

and a healthier nation.

Healthier Nation huh? Yeah they tried that back in Germany in the late 30's and early 40's. Look how good that turned out.

[Luna]

I hope the bar owners win. I don't smoke, hate the smell of it. But I hate government meddling and nannying in private business and property ten thousand times more. So, you go bar owners!!!

[qam1]

What does RINO mean? I'm a newbie.

[metesky]

The good Doctor can't help himself; he's Canadian, a socialist at heart.

[Mears]

Gotcha,thanks for the picture posts.

[Mears]

You don't smoke and hope the bartenders win.

You are an island in a sea of insanity!!!!!!!!

[kever]

That's a good one there qam1....now you're calling me a Nazi because I've commented on us sharing the responsibility of a healthier nation......you're not making much sense.....> It's responsible people like me who end up taking care or irresponsible people like you.

You're statement makes as much sense as Bob Mc's statement about that....obviously you two have your heads in the same place.....do you know each other or something....you're not going to start babbling about communism and slavery are you?

[A. Pole]

now you're calling me a Nazi because I've commented on us sharing the responsibility of a healthier nation

Hitler was a great enemy of smoking! For the "healthier nation" of course. He was a vegetarian as well, and meat will be next.

[Outraged At FLA]

" I had a choice, inhale your addiction or stop going to restaurants."

Exactly, that's your right, don't like it? GO TO A NON SMOKING RESTAURANT!

"If you want to smoke wherever you want, try going to the one country where people smoke everywhere - I'm sure you have a lot in common - with the French..."

That's OK, I wouldn't want to take your seat on your flight home.

"good. and it was Bloomberg not Pataki"

Wrong, NYS has passed a law superceding NYC, Smoking just about anywhere will be illegal July 24th. No restaurants, no bars, not even in a company car.

"now you're calling me a Nazi because I've commented on us sharing the responsibility of a healthier nation"

Then why stop there? Let's outlaw Mcdonalds, BK, Scissors, SUV's, Electricity, etc..

I love these RINO's who think they can squash your rights on the mantra that it is a so called "health issue".

[kever]

You guys are killing me LOL.....holy......ok...if they ban meat....I'm going to jump off the bridge.