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| From | "Jennifer Leduc" <jenleduc@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Got A Light ? Not Anymore... |
| Date | Fri, 06 Jun 2003 15:41:25 -0500 |
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Austin Texas has now joined the ranks of New York City in passing a smoking
ban ordinance. It is scheduled to take effect on September 1st. As a
nonsmoker, I guess I should be happy about it. But I'm worried that some of
the clubs I regularly go to are going to lose a lot of business. The
ordinance was first proposed by the mayor who is leaving office. The mayor
who was elected last month opposes the ban. This week the city council voted
for the ban 4-3. With the strong business opposition and clubs struggling to
begin with, I thought there was a good chance that this ordinance would not
pass. Are all the nonsmoking music lovers going to come out in droves all of
a sudden ? I'm skeptical despite talking to others who say that they would
go out more often if clubs were smoke free.
Any insight on the effect the ban has had in NYC ?
If anyone still wants to visit Austin, the Austin City Limits Festival
(which will be outdoors) will announce the full lineup on June 12th. I've
already purchased my pass. REM, The Shins, Spoon, Ben Kweller..they're just
a few of the artists who have confirmed that they're playing the ACL fest.
You can find more details at www.aclfestival.com.
Cheers,
Jen
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