Party Time
When the Legislature passed legislation last year banning smoking in bars, it created a two-tier process.
Many bars and clubs had to prohibit smoking under the legislation beginning Jan. 1, but others get a pass until 2009. One unintended consequence was that it hurt the American Legion clubs, since those were among the facilities included in the earlier ban. Veterans simply quit going to the clubs so they could smoke in the bars that can allow smoking for another two years.
So Rep. Curtis Oda, R-Clearfield, has legislation that amends the law so American Legion facilities can allow smoking for another two years, then join the rest of the bars in banning the practice in 2009. That should bring the veterans back.
It looks as though that bill is awfully popular with the veterans.
When Oda's bill, HB273, passed out of the House Business and Labor Committee today, a group of veterans who attended the meeting immediately walked out in unison to the sidewalk in front of the State Capitol grounds and lit up their cigarettes for a group smoke.
That included one happy smoking veteran who carried an oxygen tank on his back.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
Many bars and clubs had to prohibit smoking under the legislation beginning Jan. 1, but others get a pass until 2009. One unintended consequence was that it hurt the American Legion clubs, since those were among the facilities included in the earlier ban. Veterans simply quit going to the clubs so they could smoke in the bars that can allow smoking for another two years.
So Rep. Curtis Oda, R-Clearfield, has legislation that amends the law so American Legion facilities can allow smoking for another two years, then join the rest of the bars in banning the practice in 2009. That should bring the veterans back.
It looks as though that bill is awfully popular with the veterans.
When Oda's bill, HB273, passed out of the House Business and Labor Committee today, a group of veterans who attended the meeting immediately walked out in unison to the sidewalk in front of the State Capitol grounds and lit up their cigarettes for a group smoke.
That included one happy smoking veteran who carried an oxygen tank on his back.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
1:55 PM
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1 Comments:
So, isn't this evidence that, in fact, there is an economic incentive to have smoking in bars?
Legalize adulthood!
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