Austin would be ill-advised to ban plastic bags

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

You say businesses are being affected by the smoking ban? Actually fact is businesses are doing just fine and many are making more business with the lack of smokers. I go downtown a lot and I dont see businesses suffering because of the smoking ban. There are several places people can go that still allows smoking so again, they cater to smokers and make business. So where are all these businesses you speak of that are going through hell because of the smoking ban???

I'm not saying that businesses are being effected or not by the smoking ban. I'm saying that the government is infringing on their right to choose if they want to allow smoking or not at their establishment.

Like I said in an earlier post a lot of businesses have built roof tops or out door patios to accommodate the smokers. *shrug* It is what it is. If it were me on city council I would have voted against the smoking ban and the plastic bag ban.