Jump to full article: Casper (WY) Star-Tribune, 2007-12-22
Author: JEFF GEARINO Southwest Wyoming bureau
Intro: Local bar owners said they had lost as much as half of their business since a citywide ban on smoking in buildings used by the public went into effect Dec. 13.
They also said they had gathered more than the required number of signatures on a petition to put the issue before voters.
As a result, the City Council reversed itself Tuesday night and exempted bars, lounges and private clubs from the smoking ordinance.
Councilman Dan Beckermann cast the key vote in the 4-3 decision.
"A successful petition will put it on a special election ballot in March, and we don't fair (sic) well on special elections," Beckermann wrote in an e-mail to city officials.
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