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1200 WOAI Poll: Smoking Compromise Likely to Fail 

Jump to full article: WOAI NBC Channel 4 (San Antonio, TX), 2003-08-01
Author: Posted By: Jim Forsyth

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A survey of city council by 1200 WOAI news reveals Mayor Garza's hard crafted smoking compromise, first revealed by WOAI earlier this week, appears poised to fail when it comes up for a vote in the coming two weeks.

1200 WOAI's Bud Little talked with every member of city council on Thursday, and five council members say they're 'strongly opposed' to making any changes now in the city's smoking law. Three council members and Garza say they will definitely vote in favor of the compromise, while two others say they support toughening the city's smoking laws, but are uncertain whether they will vote to support the proposals currently under consideration.

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