It looks as though the ban might pass this time around.
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...135/-1/CITIZEN
I think I'm going to pull a John Kerry and flip flop on this issue. I had said previously that it wasn't necessarily the state's business to be regulating smoking policy to restaurants but a recent trip to the Bad Moose has changed my thinking. Some friends and I went to see Ricky and the Giants there a while back. The band was great but we ended up leaving after the first break because of a couple of smokers behind us. I didn't notice too many people smoking but the ones that were really did a number on us. It was a real bummer because there aren't too many other places with live music in the area. We haven't been back since but probably will once this law takes effect. I still think it would be better, from my perspective, if they restaurants did it on there own, but according to this article maybe this will make it easier on them too.