[Nfbmo] Springfield MO Voters Pass City Smoking Ban
Shelia Wright
sbwright95 at att.net
Wed Apr 6 18:55:56 UTC 2011
Kc is but some of the incorporated towns around are not. I think the casinos
are exempt and thus not a place I frequent. They are awfully smoky.
Having said that, this probably is not on topic for this list.
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Of DanFlasar at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 11:56 AM
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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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