TAKE ACTION TO CHANGE THE MINNEAPOLIS SMOKING BAN!

Minneapolis Smoking Ban Ordinance

Dear Minneapolis bar customers or employees,

Our Minneapolis bars need your help calling the city council and the mayors office.  We need to voice our opinion that what Minneapolis is doing with this smoking ban when you can smoke in Fridley, Columbia Heights, all of Anoka County, a lot of Ramsey County and a number of other cities.  It's not fair... We are not on a level playing field and it's wrong.

IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SMOKING BAN, PLEASE READ...

Theses are the meeting dates if you want to fight the Hennepin County Smoking Ban:

OPEN FORUM DATES For Hennepin County Board of Commissioners are at the 
HENNEPIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER 1:30 PM Room A2400

Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ATTEND THESE MEETINGS. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, SEND SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT YOU!

It's going to be a long cold winter if you don't take action now!

Below are the names, numbers and e-mail addresses you can contact to complain.  Tell them whether you're a customer or an employee of a Minneapolis bar and if you live in Minneapolis.  Tell them you are a voter!!!

Please let them know to be fair.  Minneapolis should at least have the same type of smoking ban as Saint Paul!!!

Thank you very much for your help on this matter.

WARD COUNCIL MEMBER PHONE AND EMAIL

1. PAUL OSTROW 612-673-2201
     paul.ostrow@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

2. PAUL ZERBY 612-673-2202
     paul.zerby@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

3. DONALD SAMUELS 612-673-2203
    lorna.hanson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

4. BARBARA JOHNSON 612-673-2204
    Barbara.johnson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

5. NATALIE JOHNSON LEE 612-673-2205
    Natalie.johnsonlee@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

6. DEAN ZIMMERMANN 612-673-2206
    dean.zimmermann@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

7. LISA GOODMAN 612-673-2207
    lisa.goodman@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

8. ROBERT LILLIGREN 612-673-2208
    robert.lilligren@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

9. GARY SCHIFF 612-673-2209
     gary.schiff@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

10. DAN NIZIOLEK 612-673-2210
     dan.niziolek@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

11. SCOTT BENSON 612-673-2211
       scott.benson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

12. SANDY COLVIN ROY 612-673-2212
      sandy.colvinroy@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

13. BARRET LANE 612-673-2213
      barret.lane@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

14. MAYOR R. RYBACK 612-673-2100
      mayor@ci.minneapolis.mn.us