[C-U Smokefree] The public information that Champaign forgot

[john martirano]

I think you risk alienating alot of people by appearing to be vindictive.
I argue with my friends and family alot about this issue, and people
take alot of positions,
alot of them think this group is extremist.  I dont agree of course, I
argue that the rest of the country is just a bit backwards and has yet
to catch up with CA where even smokers think public smoking is a
strange idea.

I am going to avoid bars that allow smoking, so long as they allow smoking.

but the list will be very helpful to that end, and I will of course
remember which bars reversed course and which did not.  Its
unfortunate that i  have to avoid my favorite bar, the blind pig.
Chris is blind on this issue and his place has terrible ventilation.
Furthermore, I just came from Chicago where there is a supposed ban...
but it has a grandfather clause and plenty of exceptions... and it
just doesnt work, i was inhaling smoke all evening.

john

On 5/22/07, Maryly Crutcher <maryly7 at insightbb.com> wrote:
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> I couldn't agree w/you more! The woman who spoke to the Council, promising
> to boycott any bars that did go back to smoking, even for only 7 months, had
> the right idea! Let's get our supporters to know who is doing the
> stupid/dangerous/backward-thinking thing, and vote w/our
> $$$!
> Maryly
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott P Hays
> To: cu-smokefree at cu-smokefree.org
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:20 PM
> Subject: [C-U Smokefree] The public information that Champaign forgot
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> As a public service to the non-smokers of Champaign and its environs, I am
> taking the liberty of informing you regarding the Class A and Class C
> licensees that MAY allow smoking in Champaign, although many will remain
> smokefree, including Jupiter's, Cowboy Monkey, the Highdive, Billy Barooz,
> Boltini's and others. If anyone knows for certain about particular other
> Class A or Class C establishments that will remain 100% smokefree, please
> let me or Dan Lewart know, and we'll attempt to keep an updated list of
> smokefree bars posted on the website.
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>
>
> As soon as we can sort through the morass that Champaign created, we will
> post this list of the Class A licensees that have REMAINED SMOKEFREE.
> Remember that the brilliant lawmakers of Champaign enacted their partial
> repeal with no requirements for signage or other public information so that
> customers can know which establishments are required to be 100% smokefree
> and which are not (and which will remain smokefree voluntarily).  Not only
> that, but 'bars' without Class A licenses that are part of restaurants (ie:
> Fridays, Lone Star, etc) are still required to be 100% smokefree, something
> that many Champaign residents and visitors may not fully understand.
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>
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> Moreover, although we have held off on this particular strategy, I can now
> recommend a PERMANENT BOYCOTT of establishments that choose to allow smoking
> – yes, even after 1-1-2008, when they will (hopefully) be required to be
> smokefree. By their actions, these places such decided to shun the patronage
> of non-smokers and show their disdain for their own patrons to (in their own
> perception) make a few extra bucks.
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>
> Scott
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