Lesson to be learned.
There is a lesson to be learned in this story. Will the Governor and Legislature listen?
"D.C. bar owners say business has fallen significantly since the city's smoking ban was implemented almost two months ago. In contrast, restaurants say they have fared relatively well -- with little or no drop in sales. Their biggest complaint is the pile of cigarette butts lining their front sidewalks. Bar owners say that smokers no longer leave the office for lunch and a smoke, and that late-night customers don't stay out as long or they go out in Virginia, where they can smoke inside. The lunch and afternoon business at Adams Mill Bar and Grill in Adams Morgan fell so significantly that owner Darrell Green eliminated lunch service. He used to open at 11 a.m. Now, the doors open at 4 p.m. "
Business down, hours reduced, workers hurt.....TAX REVENUES DOWN!!!!!
Hello....is anyone in St. Paul listening?????
"D.C. bar owners say business has fallen significantly since the city's smoking ban was implemented almost two months ago. In contrast, restaurants say they have fared relatively well -- with little or no drop in sales. Their biggest complaint is the pile of cigarette butts lining their front sidewalks. Bar owners say that smokers no longer leave the office for lunch and a smoke, and that late-night customers don't stay out as long or they go out in Virginia, where they can smoke inside. The lunch and afternoon business at Adams Mill Bar and Grill in Adams Morgan fell so significantly that owner Darrell Green eliminated lunch service. He used to open at 11 a.m. Now, the doors open at 4 p.m. "
Business down, hours reduced, workers hurt.....TAX REVENUES DOWN!!!!!
Hello....is anyone in St. Paul listening?????
Labels: Governor Pawlenty, MN Legislature, Smoking Nazis
posted by The Lady Logician at
8:06 AM
1 Comments:
No. No one is listening. Facts don't matter. Logic doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is acting upon the hyper-emotional issue of the day and saving the world from the evils of Big Tobacco. This is just one more example of the legislature believing that they can pass any law they want, while they are completely powerless to repeal just two of them -- the Law of Supply and Demand and the Law of Unintended Consequences.
J. Ewing
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