About Time!

Just caught a report on WTAQ that bar owners and patrons are getting organized to fight back against the smoking ban!

Apparently a group of bar owners has collected enough signatures to put the question to the people via referendum.

Here is the Post Crescent story.

The political action group Appleton Coalition for Business Owners’ Rights [MA ACBOR] staged a fund-raiser Wednesday at an eastside tavern to raise money to advertise and promote an anticipated referendum to change the smoking ban.

Event organizers encouraged attendees to sign petitions seeking a referendum to amend the city’s workplace smoking ban to exempt holders of Class B liquor licenses. Class B licenses are issued to establishments that serve alcohol on premise.

“We have 4,500 signatures and needed just 3,376, so we are confident we have what we need,” said Robbie Johnson, the group’s spokesman.

The WTAQ story noted the ACBOR is also orgaining a get out the vote effort.

Good! Too bad they did not do all of this before the last referendum!