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Originally Posted by pan6467
When is enough government enough????? How can supposed conservatives who preach for less government truly support these issues?
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I would argue more liberals support smoking bans than conservatives.
As an update, they were talking about this on radio again today. They said that with the ordinance that is currently in place, only 200 of the 600 bars in Austin allow smoking. So to Manx, currently more than half of the bars in Austin already have smoking banned.
Also, they discussed 3 seperate bars/restaurants that have closed down as a result of the ordinance already in place with all of the owners citing the smoking ban as the reason for their inability to stay in business.
Also listed this website:
www.keepaustinfree.com
OUR CURRENT SMOKING ORDINANCE MANDATES:
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Of 46,000 businesses in Austin, over 99% are smoke free.
No smoking is allowed anywhere children under 18 are present.
Over 2000 restaurants are smoke free. Only 6 allow smoking.
Over 400 bars are smoke free. Only 200 allow smoking.
Only 211 businesses and their employees have chosen to allow smoking in Austin.
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