Developing: Smoking Ban Begins Slow Troglodyte Crawl Towards Hyperspace Clusterfuckery
‚ÄúAn argument can be made that there‚Äôs not a rational relationship between a protected class of employees and an unprotected class of workers,‚Äù attorney Mark J. Hill of Mark J. Hill & Associates said, referring to employees at bars that could be exempt from the smoking ban. ‚ÄúIt sounds like a political accommodation rather than some medical interpretation. [But] I don‚Äôt think there‚Äôs enough basis for an employee against the city … unless it can be shown that the city has some empirical data or statistics that the government knew about and ignored. If they‚Äôre blatantly ignoring the fact that second-hand smoke is causing cancer, for example, then there could be a cause of action.‚Äù
Metro: Bring On The Dancing Horses
Previously: City Council’s H-C Jamboree!
