[Bubba]

Originally Posted by Firedog

I went to Garden City a few days ago, went out with some friends to a few bars. They have NO SMOKING in all of Garden City, places. You can go outside and smoke. I loved it. You could go to a bar and breath and the next day you didn't fill all that bad because you didn't have to set in all that smoke. I know I went to a bar and should know that people are going to smoke and I am not saying they can't. All I am saying is that it was so nice not to have all the smoke in the air. I would have still gone to the bars and had a few beers and gone home. But the thing with this was I didn't go home smelling like smoke, and didn't wake up the next day fill like crap because I didn't have to set in smoke all day.

You aren't going over there enough to help them stay in business. One of Garden's most popular bar's, Time Out Sport's Bar & Grill, is on the verge of closing, if they haven't already closed. That is how much their business is down since the ban went into effect. The American Legion is losing over $1000 per week when you compare pre-ban and post-ban receipts. Their regular customers are going to bars outside the city limits where there is no ban.

Bottom line is that all the non-smoking pussies that cried about getting a smoking ban aren't spending the money required to keep local businesses open.

PS. I don't smoke, but I dont want to see smoking bans put in place.