Thursday, January 12, 2006
St. Paul: No Smoking
Just as St. Paul was recovering its business and economic vitality of the past five years, with the city being the home for the NHL's Minnesota Wild, a more vibrant nightlife, and restaurants and clubs gaining a steady base of return patrons, newly elected St. Paul Mayor/Kommissar Chris Coleman, signed into law yesterday the No Smoking bill. And there will be No Exceptions. Well St. Paul, get ready to return to the days when your streets were dead, your stores shopper-less, and nightlife nonexistent.
The No Smoking bill, twice vetoed by former St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, was introduced by longterm St. Paul Council Member Dave "Toothy Grin" Thune. Thune is a smoker who could easily fit a nice, fat robusto cigar between the large, Letterman-esque gap between his two front teeth. Last year Thune said that approval of his No Smoking bill may help him to quit his habit.
From the above linked story:
Now, the constitutionality of this No Smoking law will Come into play doing nothing more than wasting more taxpayer money and resources.
Regarding concerns of the economic impact on bars and clubs and what will be, without a doubt, a huge drop in business (neighboring Hennepin Country recently revised their no smoking policy, not because businesses were losing money but because TAX REVENUE WAS DRAMATICALLY DOWN), Thune said, in a local news interview, "I say [to the bar owners] Trust Me".
"Trust Me", the last vestige of a True Socialist. When all else fails, when logic cannot and will not prevail (or rather, when it's not allowed to do so), when the private sector is not permitted to let the free market play an issue out, drag out the "Trust Me" rationalization.
Now, with St. Paul's total smoking ban, people with money to spend will once again cross the river and hit the Minneapolis nightlife scene, as they did before. In fact, maybe this is nothing more than an orchestrated ploy by Minneapolis, with their recent revision of their No Smoking policy, to regain the customer base they lost to St. Paul.
Get ready to return to Medieval Days, St. Paul. Turn off the electric street lights and instead install candles. Trade your car in for a horse and buggy. The old days of a business ghost town are about to return to St. Paul. How do I know this? Trust Me!
Lifelong Tenured St. Paul Councilman Dave "I use Mooring Rope to floss" Thune.
(Tooth Gap has NOT been PhotoShopped in any way. It's real, folks.)
©2006
The No Smoking bill, twice vetoed by former St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, was introduced by longterm St. Paul Council Member Dave "Toothy Grin" Thune. Thune is a smoker who could easily fit a nice, fat robusto cigar between the large, Letterman-esque gap between his two front teeth. Last year Thune said that approval of his No Smoking bill may help him to quit his habit.
From the above linked story:
"Not a bad day," Thune said as he greeted about 30 supporters at a celebration at the restaurant Dixie's on Grand following the vote.
Thune happens to be a pack-a-day smoker who has been trying to stop for 30 years.
Now, the constitutionality of this No Smoking law will Come into play doing nothing more than wasting more taxpayer money and resources.
Regarding concerns of the economic impact on bars and clubs and what will be, without a doubt, a huge drop in business (neighboring Hennepin Country recently revised their no smoking policy, not because businesses were losing money but because TAX REVENUE WAS DRAMATICALLY DOWN), Thune said, in a local news interview, "I say [to the bar owners] Trust Me".
"Trust Me", the last vestige of a True Socialist. When all else fails, when logic cannot and will not prevail (or rather, when it's not allowed to do so), when the private sector is not permitted to let the free market play an issue out, drag out the "Trust Me" rationalization.
Now, with St. Paul's total smoking ban, people with money to spend will once again cross the river and hit the Minneapolis nightlife scene, as they did before. In fact, maybe this is nothing more than an orchestrated ploy by Minneapolis, with their recent revision of their No Smoking policy, to regain the customer base they lost to St. Paul.
Get ready to return to Medieval Days, St. Paul. Turn off the electric street lights and instead install candles. Trade your car in for a horse and buggy. The old days of a business ghost town are about to return to St. Paul. How do I know this? Trust Me!
Lifelong Tenured St. Paul Councilman Dave "I use Mooring Rope to floss" Thune.
(Tooth Gap has NOT been PhotoShopped in any way. It's real, folks.)
©2006
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