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Old 01-22-2015, 09:49 AM   #1
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Well, they did it. NOLA is cigar unfriendly

Well, they gone and done it.

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Old 01-22-2015, 11:04 AM   #2
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How the hell did they get that passed in NOLA. That place has drive-Thru booze huts!!!
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Old 01-22-2015, 12:03 PM   #3
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I hate the nanny state.
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Old 01-22-2015, 12:04 PM   #4
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you have got to be kidding me. That place is almost the wild west.

is the cigarette industry behind it?
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Old 01-22-2015, 12:26 PM   #5
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It's especially ironic as NOLA and Tampa were epicenters of the cigar industry in this country in the 19th Century. No fewer than three mansions on St. Charles were constructed by Simon Herscheim, an emperor of the cigar industry at the time.

One of them remains and has been converted to The Columns Hotel, which has been featured in the movies Pretty Baby and Tightrope. I've stayed there and highly recommend it. You may have to share a bathroom, but it is a fantastic Victorian mansion with a stained glass window at the top of the staircase that you cannot believe. The bar is pretty impressive too, and they make a fantsastic Brandy Alexander.
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Liberalism is like cancer. Kind of ironic when you think about this situation.
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Old 01-22-2015, 04:14 PM   #7
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Liberalism is like cancer. Kind of ironic when you think about this situation.
You make a good point, Rob.
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Cigar shops and bars are grandfathered in, so there's that.
We'll never see the IPCPR again.
The vote was freaking unanimous. That's the scary part. Lots of crying about losing people to cancer among musicians, and bartenders.

Sad part is, most of the places were going smoke free on their own.
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Cigar shops and bars are grandfathered in, so there's that.
We'll never see the IPCPR again.
The vote was freaking unanimous. That's the scary part. Lots of crying about losing people to cancer among musicians, and bartenders.

Sad part is, most of the places were going smoke free on their own.
Assholes.
That is truly a shame Tommy.
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I have no problem with an individual business deciding to go smoke free. That's their right. What I have a problem with is the gov't telling a business that they have to be smoke free.
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