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TO: GARY SAFARIK, BOBBYJEAN-LEITHEAD TODD
& FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS
FAX: 961-8912
DATE: 6/26/03
RE: IN SUPPORT OF BILL 260 -DRAFT 6
ON JUNE In, WE WENT'SMOKE FREE'. OUR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDMG THE SMOKERS,
OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED fOR THIS. THEIR HEALTH WAS THE MAIN ISSUE IT HAS PROVEN TO
BE A MOVt WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN YEARS AGO. BUSINESS AND SERVICE HAS IMPROVED.
OUR SMOKERS THAT THREATENED TO BOYCOTT THE RESTAURANT, ARE BACK. THE
CONSTANT, AND I DO MEAN CONSTANT THANKS AND APPRECIATION FROM CUSTOMERS
AND FAMILIES BOTH OLD AND NEW ARE OVERWHELMING.
HAVING BEEN BOTH A SMOKER AND IN THE BAR BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS I UNDERSTAND
THEIR FEARS. I HAVE ALSO READ ABOUT AND SPOKEN TO BARTENDERS THAT WERE INVOLVED
IN CALIFORNIAS LAWS AND THE COMMON FACTOR WAS, THEY DID NOT LOSE ANY BUSINESS,
IN FACT, NEW CUSTOMERS SHOWED UP ONCE THEY WENT SMOKE FREE, BUSINESS GOT BETTER.
MANY BAR OWNERS ARE FEARFUL, HAPPY WITH TIiEIR `STATUS QUO'. BUT CHAA(GES ARE
NECESSARY.
WE "ALL" NOW HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING SECOND HAND SMOKE. YOU HAVE
BEEN BOMBARDED' WITH EVIDENCE, MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE, "WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE
LISTENING TO THE `ECONOMICAL' REASONINGS AND RANTINGS OF A FEW INSTEAD OF THE
FAR GREATER ISSUES WHICH ARE AND SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 'THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING OF THE PUBLIC' AND THE'MAJORITY' OF THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVEy' A FEW BARS IN
ANY COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIORITY OR THE RIGHTS TO DETERMINE THEIR
HEALTH AND~WELL BEINGOF THE WHOLE. SMOKING IS BEING°BANNED IN ALL PUBLIC -
BULDINGS,WHY SHOULD BARS BE EXCLUDED? THESE ARE NOT'PRIVATE CLUBS?'
HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE, OPPORTUNITY AND MOMENTUM, THE COUNCIL IS FINALLY
HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF BETTERING OUR COMMUNITIES' AND OUR CHILDREN. HEALTH
IS THE ISSUE NOT THE LOCAL BARS FEARS. DRINKERS AND SMOKER'S WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY
TO SATISFY THEIR NEEDS.
THE NON-SMOKING PUBLIC AND OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER BE `VICTIMS' AGAIN.
MAHALO,
RIC MAIAVA, GENERAL MANAGER, KEN'S HOUSE OF PANCAKES I ~ ~ ~
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