[Chat] Smoking ban passed!

[WeinsteinM at aol.com]

Going out in recent years at bars in Massachusetts and New York CIty was a 
far more pleasant experience without the smoke.   It's great that Baltimore has 
finally caught on.   But that is disapppointing about Jack.   Did he give any 
reason for his vote?

-Matthew

In a message dated 2/27/07 10:50:34 PM, volcheck at acm.org writes:

> Linda,
> 
> Kathleen and I went to The Haven for an event for Mary
> and we rather enjoyed it, but the smoke was just awful.
> It seemed there was more smoke the later it got.  I think
> we would go back if there were not smoke.
> 
> One time my parents and sister visited us, and we thought
> we'd take them duckpin bowling at the Seidel lanes.
> But when we got there, my sister turned around and went
> back out because of the smoke.  I guess we'd gotten used
> to having to tolerate some smoke to go bowling.  It will
> sure be nice not to have to put up with that again.
> We went to a Duck and Roll ( http://www.rootscafe.org/ )
> once and the smoke was pretty bad.
> 
> Maybe if we're lucky, some establishments will see the
> writing on the wall and start going smoke-free before
> January 1, 2008.
> 
> Is anybody else disappointed that Jack Young voted
> against the ban?
> 
> --Emil
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:55:47PM -0500, Linda Forlifer wrote:
> > I am so pleased!  Now my son (who runs the sound at the Ottobar) will be
> > able to work without injuring his health.  And I, who have developed an
> > allergy to cigarette smoke, will be able to enjoy, once again, going out
> > for happy hour or to hear good live music at places like the Haven.  I'm
> > looking forward to January 2008.
> >
> > Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to Council Members Curran and Mary
> > Pat Clarke.
> >
> > Hip, hip, hooray!
> >
> > Linda
> >
> 

> 
> --
> Emil Volcheck
> volcheck at acm.org
> http://acm.org/~volcheck
> 
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