Take Your Ban and Shove It
The Miami Herald reports that a Cutler Ridge, Florida, bar owner who is resisting the state's voter-approved smoking ban has met with some success, winning a favorable ruling from an administrative law judge. Apparently the legislators who wrote the ban were clear that they didn't want any smoking but failed to specify what bar and restaurant owners were required to do about it. My favorite part:
On July 9, Florida Alcohol Beverage and Tobacco agent Jorge Fernandez walked into Pace's bar and saw people smoking. He told manager Lisa Tyrell, who got Pace on the phone with the agent. Pace received a warning that day and asked Fernandez to tell him when he would be back so he could "make sure he had patrons smoking inside his business," according to case documents filed by the state.
