New Lawmaker Leads on Smoking Ban Bill
Friday, January 26, 2007 at 6:52 pm
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Four months ago Prof. Kathy Sheran was teaching classes in the School of Nursing at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and running for the Minnesota State Senate. Today she is Sen. Kathy Sheran (D-Mankato) and one of the chief sponsors of the 2007 “Freedom to Breathe Act” (House version, Senate version).
In years past this legislation would have been considered next to futile, with the State House and the Governor’s office controlled by the Republican Party. But this year is different. Both houses of the legislature are firmly in the hands of the DFL, and Gov. Pawlenty has said he will sign the smoking ban legislation.
Both Sheran and the man she replaced, former Sen. John Hottinger, appear on TPT’s Almanac Friday night, Jan. 26, at 7:00 p.m. Rep. Steve Sviggum will be on hand to argue against the legislation. The show will be rebroadcast at other times over the weekend.
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Comment posted January 27, 2007 @ 5:55 am
Smokefree GOP? She did pretty well, too, considering the rookie Senator was paired on the Almanc couch with the former House Speaker. I wished she would have asked Sviggum why he opposes the Freedom To Breathe Act of 2007 when the latest statewide poll shows that while a large majority of Minnesotans (about 70%) favor a statewide law, the number of Minnesota Republicans who want us to be a smokefree state is even higher!
Comment posted February 5, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
MN Chamber of Commerce STEVE SVIGGUM APPARENTLY COULD CARE LESS
ABOUT ALL WORKERS RIGHT TO BREATHE CLEAN
AIR. THE POUR BAR LOBBY (HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY?)
GOT THEIR 2AM CLOSING, SUNDAY LIQUOR, ETC.
AND NOW WILL PULL OUT ALL STOPS TO “WATERDOWN” THIS ACT. THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
MEANS MORE TO THESE BAR OWNERS THAN
THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MANY.
Comment posted January 26, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
Smokefree GOP? She did pretty well, too, considering the rookie Senator was paired on the Almanc couch with the former House Speaker. I wished she would have asked Sviggum why he opposes the Freedom To Breathe Act of 2007 when the latest statewide poll shows that while a large majority of Minnesotans (about 70%) favor a statewide law, the number of Minnesota Republicans who want us to be a smokefree state is even higher!
Comment posted February 5, 2007 @ 9:09 am
MN Chamber of Commerce STEVE SVIGGUM APPARENTLY COULD CARE LESS
ABOUT ALL WORKERS RIGHT TO BREATHE CLEAN
AIR. THE POUR BAR LOBBY (HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY?)
GOT THEIR 2AM CLOSING, SUNDAY LIQUOR, ETC.
AND NOW WILL PULL OUT ALL STOPS TO “WATERDOWN” THIS ACT. THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
MEANS MORE TO THESE BAR OWNERS THAN
THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MANY.
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