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- Owensboro Commissioners Drop Pre-existing Bars From Draft Of Smoking-ban Ordinance
The Owensboro City Commission compromised to gain the support of all five members to vote for a smoking ban, which will come up for a vote on Sept. 2, Steve Vied reports for the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. The original draft of the ordinance eliminated...
- Owensboro Plans To Extend Smoking Ban To Outdoors
Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne says he has the votes to pass a smoking ban for "all public spaces, including parks and outdoor dining areas and city-owned properties," Steve Vied reports for the Messenger-Inquirer. Daviess County has an eight-year-old ban...
- West Liberty City Council Votes To Ban Smoking In City Buildings, But Question May Be Revisited
The West Liberty City Council voted narrowly last week to ban smoking in city buildings, reports Miranda Cantrell of the Licking Valley Courier. Mayor Jim Rupe opposed the move, which passed 3-2 with one abstention. If the vote had been tied, Rupe could...
- Bowling Green American Legion Post Tests Smoking Ban, Is Fined
An American Legion post in Bowling Green has been fined $25 for violating the city's no-smoking ordinance. The Bowling Green Code Enforcement Board decided unanimously Tuesday to uphold the citation that Post 23 received April 28 after two...
- Bowling Green Commission Gives Final Passage To Smoking Ban
The Bowling Green City Commission gave second reading and final passage last night to a smoking ban that will apply to all indoor public places except "nursing homes, exclusive tobacco retailers and private clubs where membership is required," Andrew...
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Race for city commission seat puts an end to debate over city's smoking ban, advocate and opponent agree
The Bowling Green City Commission candidate who said he wanted to rewrite the city's smoking ban ran last in the five-way race for an unexpired term on the commission Tuesday, and he and a commissioner in the 3-2 majority that enacted the ban said the result is an indicator of public opinion on the issue.
Candidate Bill Goodwin got only 682 votes, or 8.6 percent of the total. "Commissioner Brian 'Slim' Nash said he believes voters sent a message in Tuesday?s election: Citizens are satisfied with the city?s smoking ban," Andrew Robinson of the Daily News reports. "Goodwin said he spoke to a few citizens who told him the result is a clear sign there?s little support for revisiting the ordinance."
?The people spoke or the people didn?t show up,? Goodwin told the newspaper. ?It?s got to be an issue that?s dead right now. That?s all there is to it.? (Read more)
Candidate Bill Goodwin got only 682 votes, or 8.6 percent of the total. "Commissioner Brian 'Slim' Nash said he believes voters sent a message in Tuesday?s election: Citizens are satisfied with the city?s smoking ban," Andrew Robinson of the Daily News reports. "Goodwin said he spoke to a few citizens who told him the result is a clear sign there?s little support for revisiting the ordinance."
?The people spoke or the people didn?t show up,? Goodwin told the newspaper. ?It?s got to be an issue that?s dead right now. That?s all there is to it.? (Read more)
- Owensboro Commissioners Drop Pre-existing Bars From Draft Of Smoking-ban Ordinance
The Owensboro City Commission compromised to gain the support of all five members to vote for a smoking ban, which will come up for a vote on Sept. 2, Steve Vied reports for the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. The original draft of the ordinance eliminated...
- Owensboro Plans To Extend Smoking Ban To Outdoors
Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne says he has the votes to pass a smoking ban for "all public spaces, including parks and outdoor dining areas and city-owned properties," Steve Vied reports for the Messenger-Inquirer. Daviess County has an eight-year-old ban...
- West Liberty City Council Votes To Ban Smoking In City Buildings, But Question May Be Revisited
The West Liberty City Council voted narrowly last week to ban smoking in city buildings, reports Miranda Cantrell of the Licking Valley Courier. Mayor Jim Rupe opposed the move, which passed 3-2 with one abstention. If the vote had been tied, Rupe could...
- Bowling Green American Legion Post Tests Smoking Ban, Is Fined
An American Legion post in Bowling Green has been fined $25 for violating the city's no-smoking ordinance. The Bowling Green Code Enforcement Board decided unanimously Tuesday to uphold the citation that Post 23 received April 28 after two...
- Bowling Green Commission Gives Final Passage To Smoking Ban
The Bowling Green City Commission gave second reading and final passage last night to a smoking ban that will apply to all indoor public places except "nursing homes, exclusive tobacco retailers and private clubs where membership is required," Andrew...