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Jump to full article: KWQC TV 6 (Davenport, IA), 2009-05-13
Intro: The fight to stomp out the smoking ban has hit a road block. A coalition of bar owners that had banded together challenging the ban's constitutionality has dropped their lawsuit. Arguments were supposed to be heard June 30th in Des Monies, but the case has been dismissed.
It all boils downs to money. The coalition that was made up of members from COBRA, IBOC and Choose Freedom Iowa couldn't pay the high legal bills anymore to go up against the smoking ban. "As you know we were fighting for everyone in the state and there wasn't enough people supporting it. . . .
Having the lawsuit dismissed, doesn't mean the fight is over. West Burlington bar owner Larry Duncan isn't apart of the coalition, but plans are for his group "Freedom Fighters" and all those involved in the lawsuit to join forces. That means when Duncan goes to district court in Burlington, he'll represent all bar owners. "We're trying to include everybody going after the same purpose, not only all the civil rights, but also interstate commerce, tobacco is not illegal," according to Duncan.
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As you know we were fighting for everyone in the state and there wasn't enough people supporting it.
Joe Sturgis who was a member of the coalition of bar owners that had banded together to challenge the constitutionality of Iowa's smoking ban.
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