Monday, December 22, 2008

Somebody Else's Turn to Pick on Perlberg

Livingston Press and Argus publisher Rich Perlberg is getting raked over the coals on somebody else's blog for his editorial in editions for Sunday (Dec. 21, 2008) on the smoking ban which failed in the 2007-2008 legislative session which ended Friday.

Perlberg's basic argument was that since casinos weren't covered, no businesses should be covered.

Michigan Liberal isn't buying it. And neither are the commenters.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why not compromise on the issue? Rather than forcing all establishment owners to disallow smoking, why not give incentives to those who open up smoke-free establishments? The reason you don't find many smoke-free bars right now is that entrepreneurs don't think they would be successful. So give them tax breaks for the first couple of years of operation, in order for them to make financial-sense and build up a customer-base. Employees would also have the ability to choose which type of bar they'd prefer to work at, and smokers wouldn't feel like second-class citizens having to stand outside looking in (like Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past).

I just don't understand why it has to be all or nothing. Can't we find a way for both sides to be satisfied, rather than forcing one to be the definitive loser.

Anonymous said...

Jordan...you sound reasonable, which means no one here has any use for you. Let people make their own decisions? How foolish of you? Why would people make their own decisions when there are Democrats who are more than willing to run your life for you?