Bars Accused of Violating Smoking Ban when Closed / Smoking Ban Violation Claims may be Bogus
Jump to full article: WBAY-TV Ch. 2 (Green Bay, WI), 2010-07-20
Author: Kristin Byrne
Intro: When the statewide workplace smoking ban went into effect earlier this month, the state created a hotline and web site where people can anonymously report a smoking violation.
As Action 2 News discovered, some might be mis-using the system.
"Sounds like there are some glitches in their system as far as how they're regulating it, things like that," St. Brendan's Inn bar manager Dan Joppe said.
St. Brendan's Inn in downtown Green Bay says soon after the smoking ban took effect it received a letter in the mail from the State saying its bar was in violation of the smoking ban on July 5th.
The bar believes someone submitted an anonymous report on the state's web site.
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