Fu[/b]cking great
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N.J. smoking ban advances to a final vote
As a panel sent the measure to the full Assembly, restaurants, bars and bowling alleys objected to the casino exemption.
By Elisa Ung
Inquirer Trenton Bureau
TRENTON - A ban on smoking in all indoor public places in New Jersey except casino floors was passed by an Assembly panel yesterday and appears poised for full Assembly approval Monday.
Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has said that if the Assembly signs off, he will sign the legislation into law. The state Senate has already approved the ban.
The casino-floor compromise has angered owners of restaurants, bars and bowling alleys, and they lined up yesterday to tell the Assembly's Health and Human Services Committee that it would hurt or kill their businesses. click link for more article goodness
As a panel sent the measure to the full Assembly, restaurants, bars and bowling alleys objected to the casino exemption.
By Elisa Ung
Inquirer Trenton Bureau
TRENTON - A ban on smoking in all indoor public places in New Jersey except casino floors was passed by an Assembly panel yesterday and appears poised for full Assembly approval Monday.
Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has said that if the Assembly signs off, he will sign the legislation into law. The state Senate has already approved the ban.
The casino-floor compromise has angered owners of restaurants, bars and bowling alleys, and they lined up yesterday to tell the Assembly's Health and Human Services Committee that it would hurt or kill their businesses. click link for more article goodness
So this should be made a law by Monday by a fu[b]cking substitute Governer.
NYTimes wrote:
As recently as last spring, the measure had stalled, but then Mr. Codey made the issue a key objective of his final months in office and overcame a major obstacle by negotiating the exemption for casinos. Until Mr. Codey's concession, South Jersey legislators and their allies were poised to block the bill because of the effect it was expected to have on casino business.
Over the weekend, Mr. Codey managed to deter a final effort to defeat the ban by making telephone calls to several lawmakers who opposed it. "The way to do things in life is with the personal touch," he said, adding that the bill would be a hallmark of his 17 months in office
Over the weekend, Mr. Codey managed to deter a final effort to defeat the ban by making telephone calls to several lawmakers who opposed it. "The way to do things in life is with the personal touch," he said, adding that the bill would be a hallmark of his 17 months in office
I know smoking is gross and unhealthy. Unfortunatly there are many of us [including myself] that exercises their right to do whatever the f[/b]uck they want and smoke in a bar. Do I smoke in a preschool? No. Do preschoolers come to a bar? I sure as heck hope not! Problem solved.
I know that this makes some Waitstaff and Bartenders happy but you would be suprised how many of them either smoke or do not give a sh[b]it. They just do their job and keep their traps shut. As for patrons that do not smoke but go to bars. They know what they are getting into. My girlfriend doesn't smoke, when we go out she may mention "the bar is smokey huh" and go about her night of cheer and merriment. Its a Bar! Not an operating room!
Most places I have been to in recent months do a great job of clearing out the smoke via air cleaners. Of course there are some places with no ventilation; if anything just force places with poor air quality to update to something more then an oscilating fan.
[:coffee:]