Smoking ordinance fizzles in macon city council committee

[crashinbrn]

We seem to be making headway

Source: Macon (GA) TelegraphDate:
2011-10-11
Author: JIM GAINES The Telegraph, jgaines@macon.com, 744-4489
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Smoking ordinance fizzles in Macon City Council committee - Local & State - Macon.com
ID: 327593

A renewed attempt to pass tighter smoking rules in Macon faltered in committee on Monday.Despite revision and a well-publicized debate on the ordinance, a 2-2 tie vote in the Public Safety Committee of City Council halted it again.A revised ordinance against smoking in restaurants, bars and other places failed to make it through the Public Safety Committee.

Council members Larry Schlesinger and Nancy White, both sponsors of the ordinance, voted to move it on for the full council's consideration; but Councilmen Frank Tompkins and Virgil Watkins voted no, and Councilman Lonnie Miley -- the committee's other member -- left the meeting before the smoking ordinance came up. Two previous agenda items had taken more than two hours.

 

[Placebo Effect]

Considering this is bound to come up again, it's best we keep all discussion in this thread

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...attempting-pass-smoking-e-cig-indoor-ban.html

What's amazing is that despite a City Council member and myself both pointing out the absurdity of banning e-cigarettes but allowing people to smoke 100% non-tobacco cigarettes when the first draft was being debated, they didn't bother to revise that section the second go-around.

 

[rothenbj]

Don't these people understand that the health issue is combustion not tobacco?

 

[mooreted]

Nice to know we're making some headway. You would think the government would have more important things to worry about.