[Speed Gibson,
Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 10:42pm]
The Tribe has Spoken
What do you say to the Hennepin County Commissioners, now that they have eased the rigid smoking ban to allow at least some bars to resume normal operation next month? You say "thank you" and be gracious in victory, to all of them. Let's be sure we act like adults and move on to the City of Minneapolis. This is not the time to be smug. I am sending a congratulatory note to my representative, Mike Opat, who switched his vote.
As Chad the Elder notes, this will make the situation all the more critical in the occupied territories within Hennepin County, with freedom ever closer. The easing is temporary, but by 2007, the data from the suburbs should be even more undeniable.
There is much left to do, freeing the restaurant owners as well. It won't bring back the ones we lost, but hopefully at least the VFW and Legion halls will now survive.
As Chad the Elder notes, this will make the situation all the more critical in the occupied territories within Hennepin County, with freedom ever closer. The easing is temporary, but by 2007, the data from the suburbs should be even more undeniable.
There is much left to do, freeing the restaurant owners as well. It won't bring back the ones we lost, but hopefully at least the VFW and Legion halls will now survive.