Another BS Clearway “Study”

It truly amazes me how the media will take anything that fits its agenda and run with it without actually verifying the legitimacy of the information it is propagating. Case in point is the recent study completed by Ohio State University, which was funded by Clearway Minnesota, that purports that “Smoking Bans Do Not Cause [...]

Sue Jeffers on "At Issue with Tom Hauser"

 
Sue Jeffers, a member of BtBMN, and Senator Kathy Sheran, chief author of the smoking ban, were interviewed on KSTP’s “At Issue with Tom Hauser” on Sunday. Sue did a great job and cited some excellent examples. Kathy Sheran had a lot of excuses, and tried to blow a lot of sunshine up our [...]

Another Bar in Distress

Mary recently posted a letter she received on the Minnesota smoker’s group. It was a letter from her local American Legion Post, and the Commander was looking for some serious help. Click here to read the letter:
Tri-City Legion
You can see that the smoking ban was cited as causing the current finacial crunch. We will work [...]

A Cry for Help

The Mainline Bar & Grill, located in Downer, MN, has posted the following comment on their website:
201!!! Remember that #. All right, this is gonna be a little awkward but I think it needs to be put out there. The Mainline is down 45% since the inception of the smoking ban. I was told there’d [...]