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The Stogie Guys » Blog Archive » Stogie Guys Friday Sampler XXVI — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:24:35 +0000

[...] 3) Earlier this week we reported that Nancy Pelosi, the new Speaker of the House, was planning to ban smoking in the capitol and already it’s done. But an interesting twist is that while she banned smoking in the Speaker’s Lobby, where members of Congress congregate during votes, all the offices of the members are exempted. [...]

By: Mikey Ravioli

Mikey Ravioli — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:25:45 +0000

Haha You said douchebag!

LOL

By: Jerry @ Stogie Revie

Jerry @ Stogie Revie — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:35:41 +0000

Being a resident of DC for most of my life I always found it annoying for those who worked or played in DC to say they were from DC.

Now that my wife and I live in the suburbs of MD, I've learned that its a lot easier to say you are from DC than to say Germantown MD. Geographically people can identify with where DC is more than Germantown MD. Plus, a little history, DC was made up of property that was once part of Virginia and Maryland so its my belief that DC can be claimed as home to anyone in MD & VA.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:05:02 +0000

Go figure – they can smoke in their offices but nobody else can smoke indoors for any reason.

By: Patrick S

Patrick S — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:33:24 +0000

UTRobin-

You raise a good point…

All throughout the smoking ban fight in DC, the anti-tobacco activists told us that the ban was good for businesses.

Now that some businesses are being hurt (shocking huh?) they want to make them hurt even more before allowing them to get an exemption that shouldn't even be necessary in the first place.

Ahh, the logic of zealots.

By: Patrick A

Patrick A — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:28:16 +0000

Well, arent' we splitting hairs this morning?

For those who don't know, Alexandria, VA is right across the river from Washington.

But thanks for reading my profile, McGee.

By: Cigar McGee

Cigar McGee — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:25:51 +0000

Patrick A, your bio says you live in Alexandria, not DC. Liar!

By: UTRobin

UTRobin — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:00:26 +0000

Interesting. It's never just a smoking ban — there's always a few ins and outs that complicate things.

The question is, if the DC government thinks the smoking ban could hurt businesses, why did they enact it in the first place?

It's like robbing someone on the street and then leaving them some change.