[Nfbmo] Springfield MO Voters Pass City Smoking Ban
Debbie Wunder
debbiewunder at centurytel.net
Wed Apr 6 18:04:35 UTC 2011
Hi Dan, I don't think that KC is smoke free.
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Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Springfield MO Voters Pass City Smoking Ban
> Gary,
> This is great! After the truly huge margin of support for the St.
> Louis City/County smoking ban referendum last year, and now with
> Springfield
> passing an anti-smoking ordinance, we are beginning to see that the tides
> have definitively changed in favor of the public's right to breathe air
> unpolluted by other people's drug of choice.
> The St. Louis County ordinance caved in to the demands ofo the
> casinos who managed to get a provision to exempt themselves from the
> smoking ban
> - a very unfair exemption. Since we won about 69 to 31, there are
> initiatives to further the ban to the casinos in the area. I wonder - is
> KC
> smoke-free? I think Columbia is.
> Dan
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/5/2011 8:59:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> horchemg at gary-springfield-mo.net writes:
>
> Good evening folks the days of smoking on public buildings is over here
> is
> the article from kolr 10 TV
>
> (Springfield, MO) -- Voters in Springfield have passed an ordinance to
> make all businesses in the city smoke-free.
> On Tuesday, the proposed "Question 2" on the ballot (official wording
> below), passed.
> The smoking ban makes lighting up illegal in Springfield inside any
> enclosed business or private club. Smokers can't take a drag within five
> feet of
> a playground, and smoking will only be allowed in fewer than a quarter of
> hotel rooms.
> Supporters of the ban say it's a public health issue.
> "I don't feel like anybody is going to go out of business," said Melanie
> Donnell, who is a supporter of the ban. "I feel like in this day and age
> there is a lot more non-smoking community than there is a smoking
> community."
> The other side focused on the rights of consumers and businesses, noting
> the ordinance will close up shop on a lot of jobs.
> "So you're going to be talking about a loss of revenue right off the bat.
> For anybody to say that there's not an economic impact, they're wrong,"
> said Dave Myers, a coordinator for Live Free Springfield.
> Live Free Springfield did a lot of last-minute campaigning against the
> proposed smoking ban at a few locations Tuesday.
>
> "I've been on the phone for hours and hours, yesterday alone," Myers told
> KOLR/KSFX on election night. "So, I've been talking a lot."
>
>
> Supporters spent time the last few days putting up signs and door
> hangars.
>
>
> "We've just been getting out and talking to voters and reminding them to
> vote and just passing out our information and literature," said Carrie
> Reynolds, spokesperson for Clean Air Springfield.
>
>
> Organizers for Live Free Springfield say this is about jobs. They know of
> several businesses planning to file injunctions to sue the city now that
> it's passed.
> The City of Springfield would then make a filing in court and would be
> responsible to defend a vote of the people.
> A city spokesman didn't provide specifics on how much this would cost,
> but
> the legal proceedings would require staff time and resources to prepare.
> The ordinance states that the ban will go into effect 60 days after
> adoption.
> The Health Department will enforce the ban, informing the public,
> offering
> resources and information during the transition period and assisting
> businesses as they work toward compliance.
> This will be a combination of regular inspections, like usual and
> customary restaurant inspections, as well as a complaint-based
> enforcement system.
> Question 2:
> [Shall the City of Springfield, Missouri prohibit smoking in enclosed
> public places, places of employment, private clubs, within five feet of
> outdoor
> playgrounds and within five feet of outside entrances, operable windows,
> and ventilation systems of enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited,
> and
> exempt the following places from smoking prohibition: a) private
> residences,
> unless such residence is used as a child care, adult day care, or
> healthcare facility; b) not more than 25 percent of the hotel or motel
> rooms rented
> to guests as smoking rooms; and c) outdoor areas of places of employment;
> providing for the imposition of a fine of $50 per violation for any
> person
> violating said ordinance by smoking, upon a finding of guilt or admission
> of guilt; upon a finding of guilt or admission of guilt, providing for
> fines
> ranging from $100-$500 per day against the owner, operator, manager or
> any
> agent who controls a public place or place of employment or any business,
> and allows smoki
> ng to occur on the premises; providing for revocation of any license or
> permit issue to the business or public place that permits such
> violations;
> requiring that businesses and public places place signage advising of the
> prohibition on smoking?]
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