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LETTER: Up In Smoke? 

Jump to full article: Yankton (SD) Press & Dakotan, 2009-12-23
Author: Lynn Conrad, Yankton

Intro:

I called Rep. Bernie Hunhoff before they voted on the smoking ban. I asked him if they knew about all the businesses that closed in Minnesota after they past their smoking ban. He said "Yes, they knew." I asked then how do you plan to make up the lost revenue. He said, "We do not have to worry for a few years because of the stimulus money" -- $632 million over three years. The taxpayers have to pay that back.

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