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    Tag: Bans

    Smoked.


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jun 03, 2010 at 08:51:01 AM EST
    Tags: smoking, bans, constitutionality, Michigan, Legislature, Business, Job Loss (all tags)

    That is how the owners of small bars and restaurants across the state of Michigan are feeling.

    Since the ban on smoking in such establishments has been implemented, there has been a dramatic DECREASE in attendance at these locations.  Profits are down, and more businesses suffer under the heavy hand of our state government, and the do-gooders who inhabit it.  From Mlive:

    The Home Bar on Portage Street in Kalamazoo this month has seen sales plummet nearly 50 percent, said owner Harriet Bronson. In her 37 years at the bar, it's never been this bad.

    "It's terrible -- slow, slow, slow," said Bronson, who's had to cut the hours of some of her employees.

    Smaller bars like the Home Bar should have been allowed to decide if they wanted to go smoke free, she said.

    "The state's in bad enough shape as it is," she said.  "I hope people come back, but we'll see."
    Denise Bilyeu, manager at Bubba's Sports Bar & Grill in downtown Allegan, said business has been down 15 percent to 20 percent since the law took effect.  The biggest dip in sales has been at night with the "party-crowd folks," she said.



    The "party-crowd" folks simply went home... Didn't they?

    (10 comments, 659 words in story) Full Story

    Eat a hearty breakfast lads.. for tomorrow


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 03:38:37 PM EST
    Tags: Smoking, Abusive law, Michigan, Bans, Liberty, Restaurants, Hookah Bars, Cigar Bars, 48169 (all tags)

    We Dine in zip code 48169...

    Michigan.. and maybe all other locations not populated with a great amount of restaurants.

    Aw shucks, if only you didn't smoke.  If you do, maybe you can find a speakeasy that allows such things to go on without the interfering nonsense by "the man."  Maybe one with a good 10 year old "look out" who can make funny noises when a health department stooge is strolling by..  MAYBE they can incorporate a good FATTY FOOD into their menu to irritate the next batch of do gooders who want to save you from yourself.

    Even the Hookah bar owners are a little angry now.  But the Arab American population in Michigan sure didn't voice its opposition at the right time to the smoking ban that they too could gain the exalted exemption like those cigar bars and casinos.

    (2 comments, 537 words in story) Full Story

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Why is it always the WRONG 5%?


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 10:55:47 AM EST
    Tags: smoking, bans, constitutionality, Michigan, Legislature (all tags)

    The concept of private property is something the founders of this country believed in deeply.  The most basic ownership being your person, yourself, your physical being.  To serve that self you have ownership of other things; the clothes you wear, the tools you use, the property on which you stand.  

    That very basic understanding indeed, a basic agreement as provided for by our maker.

    But apparently some folks didn't learn the basics.  And now, we witness even more interference in the private affairs of our state's constituents, and arguably another nail in the coffin for Michigan business owners rights.

    (9 comments, 960 words in story) Full Story

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