May 08
I just heard this during our local news… (also documented here)
Enforcing the idiotic Ohio smoking ban has cost Montgomery County $70,000 in the past year.
$3800 in fines have been issued.
$450 in fines have been collected.
No word about how much complying with the law has cost private businesses in terms of facility rennovations and lost customers.
Meanwhile, the front page of the Dayton Daily News today moans about the millions of dollars schools are having to do without. Way to prioritize, idiots.
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May 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
As a non-smoker, I like that I can go to a resturant or Woodman lanes and get chocked out by excessive smoke, but I do agree it is STUPID that the government has to enforce such a ban. The ban should be instituted by capialistic reasons. Businesses should be the determiners. If the majority of customers want smoking then it should be allowed, but if the majority prefer no smoking it should be disallowed. LET THE MARKET DECIDE, NOT SELF-RIGHTOUS IDIOTS.