Shadow
That's DON Shadow to you!
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- Jan 5, 2001
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Went to my local shop this morning and I was informed by the owner that while I was out of town on vacation the Berkeley County Health Department, who had been working on indoor smoking regulations for the county, has decided to tightened up on the regs that they had proposed during the public hearing two months ago.The health department instead of allowing resturants to have a seperate smoking area, changed it to no smoking areas at all. This did not include bars that did not serve food.On top of that the department in the original regs had exempted tobacco shops. They have now included tobacco shops as having to be smoke free by September 15, 2001!The changes were made with no further public hearings and have been signed off by the county prosecutor. Fines start at 趚 and go up to 񘈨 for each violation. The county sanitarians from the health department will have the power to issue citations.My local owner is fighting the regs as best he can. He has started a petition drive and is going before the County Commission next week to plead his case. He contacted the RTDA but they were not much help.I don't know how this will end up, but I will keep you informed. Don't think this can't happen where you live. If it can happen in WV it can happen anywhere.