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Today's Poll!Jefferson City smoking ban has stringent supporters on either side
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
There are plenty of things upon which people on both sides of Jefferson City’s proposed smoking tax do not agree.
But there is one point where both seem to have found a middle ground — there is not much more either side can say about the issue than what has already been said.
For Kathi Harness and Felicia Poettgen with Smokefree Jeff City, that means driving home the fact their cause is first and foremost about health.
“It is all about health and it is not against smokers,” Poettgen said.
For Jason Jordan, owner of Mortimer Kegley’s and spokesman for the opposition to the ban, this isn’t just like any other election. For him, this is an election that he said he feels will determine the livelihood of him and the rest of the bar and restaurant owners in Jefferson City.
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kctoday 2 years, 6 months ago
My opinion is if you must kill yourself with cancer stick's do it in your own house or apartment or your own car with the window's up. To force other people to inhale your cancer causing agent's in selfish. It is especially self centered to expect other condo dweller's or apartment renter's to endure the cigarette smoke of other people if they want a little "fresh" air in their own place. Everyone should have the right to enjoy fresh air without the intrusion of someone's bad habit's.
MDB 2 years, 6 months ago
KCToday, I so agree. I'm stuck in an apartment that fills with smoke from my neighbor. Can't wait for my lease to end in three months to try and find someplace where I can breathe. The smoke is bad for my asthma. The second apartment in JC that I have been in where the smoke is running me out. Hopefully I can find something better.
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