Smoking Ban Gets Cool Reception from Northern Minnesota Lawmakers
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 11:57 am
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There is a common assumption that the Freedom to Breathe Act should receive a much more friendly reception in the DFL-dominated Minnesota Legislature than it has in the past when the GOP controlled the state House. Not so fast.
The bill came up Monday in the Senate Business, Jobs and Industry Committee, and the senators who put up the most roadblocks were
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Comment posted February 20, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
They said the BWCA would destroy N. Minnesota too It’s time to drag the Jack Pine Savages kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. They will play games with “what is a safe level for secondhand smoke” and “my three circulating fans are good enough to take care of secondhand smoke” arguments as long as they can. If you let them have their way up there we’d have no BWCA, no timber wolves and no forests without ATV trails every 100 yards.
Pass the ban. Or like another redneck says, “Get ‘er done.”
Comment posted February 20, 2007 @ 10:46 am
They said the BWCA would destroy N. Minnesota too It's time to drag the Jack Pine Savages kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. They will play games with “what is a safe level for secondhand smoke” and “my three circulating fans are good enough to take care of secondhand smoke” arguments as long as they can. If you let them have their way up there we'd have no BWCA, no timber wolves and no forests without ATV trails every 100 yards.
Pass the ban. Or like another redneck says, “Get 'er done.”
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