Rowlett residents want to stamp out smoking ban

by PegNews wire

Rowlett's smoking ban is supposed to go into effect May 1, but a group of residents are looking to reverse it. They would need 521 signatures on their petition to put the issue to a vote. The move to enact a smoking ban was decided by the city council in a 4-3 vote.

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snowboard9 says:

Pretty sad that a mere 521 smokers need to find each other to overturn the inevitable.

I'm sure this is not unusual for small communities to ping pong endlessly on this. The litigation industry is recession proof indeed.

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generalsn says:

All they have to do is go to all the bars. They are avoided like the plague by the anti smoking zealots.

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snowbird says:

Stop and think about this A smoking ban means,it is against the law to use or permit a legal product on 'private property' Having said that, the next logical direction would be to ban smoking in your car and the next logical step is to ban smoking in your home. These zealots must be stopped now if not sooner

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Pavel Lishin says:

Stop and think about this A ban on drunk driving means,it is against the law to use or permit a legal product on 'private property'

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jtmbls says:

Oh we’ve thought about it…

over…

and over…

again…

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Scott Doyle says:

It brings a tear to my eye that jtm has so quickly learned to hyperlink. :'-)

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Tracy Yost says:

To answer a question in another thread (that I just now saw thanks to jtmbls :-) -

YES WE ARE - having a shindig on April 9th - A "Smoke-Out" with Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King !

There will be freebies - ashtrays and matches, on a first-come/first-serve basis - and we will be auctioning off our bar-top humidor (proceeds will go directly to the TABC and our landlord).....