Smoke free Austin

A smoking ban was passed in Austin on Saturday with 52 percent. The Live Music Capital of the World won’t be the same. Bars and nightclubs will suffer. The nightlife will become cookie cutter and boring. The prohibition has been revisited.

Austin is now sterile.

Smoking is bad. Now that no one can smoke in bars and nightclubs, no one should be able to drive either. “Keep Austin Weird” bumper stickers should be replaced with “Make Austin Like Every Other City”.

Elise and I drove to my parents’ house on Friday evening to stay for the weekend. Voting was held in Austin on Saturday. The Saturday before Mother’s Day. I thought that was convenient. Austin is the home of one of the largest universities in the country. All of those students (who frequent bars and nightclubs) probably traveled out of town to visit mom and weren’t able to vote. Coincidence?

One Reply to “Smoke free Austin”

  1. I agree. The smoking ban is total bullshit. The people who don’t frequent bars and clubs are the ones who initiated the ban. Hmm… That’s odd.

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