X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.0 Sender: -2.6 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jABIPkS8018009 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:25:46 -0500 Received: from anniehall.mr.itd.umich.edu (anniehall.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.93.141]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.2/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jABIPitJ010433; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:25:45 -0500 Received: FROM boston.eecs.umich.edu (boston.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.61]) BY anniehall.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4374E225.945DF.12210 ; 11 Nov 2005 13:25:41 -0500 Received: from boston.eecs.umich.edu (localhost.eecs.umich.edu [127.0.0.1]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jABIPeS8017998 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:25:41 -0500 Received: from localhost (dreeves Æ localhost) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id jABIPeI1017995; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:25:40 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: boston.eecs.umich.edu: dreeves owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: dreeves Æ boston.eecs.umich.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:25:39 -0500 (EST) To: improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: Daniel Reeves Subject: chicago smoke-free workplace law and the issue of compromise Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 326 [I'm bccing the stairs list which includes many Chicago anti-smoking advocates; if you're on the stairs list but not improvetheworld and want to see any follow-up discussion, let me know.] This is interesting, both because of the potentially exciting imminent news for Chicago and because of the implications for political activism: Smokefree workplace legislation finally made it out of a Chicago City Council committee Thursday, but officials gave opponents until Nov. 30 to try to weaken it. If passed as is, Chicago would join New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, and hundreds of other cities in requiring clean indoor air for workers. Alderperson Pat O'Connor, Mayor Daley's unofficial City Council floor leader, suggested that the law might be weakened, "There will be some changes. At the end of this, I'd like to see both sides screaming. At that point, we'd know that we probably did a good job at trying to draw a line down the middle." http://www.smokefree.net/chicago http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/wb/smoke http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/stairs One of the proposed compromises is to allow businesses to purchase a smoking license. This is an old idea from one of you (maybe Matt?) on this list and I think it's a fine compromise, maximizing everyone's freedom of choice. But I obviously shouldn't admit that, given the above. In fact, I emailed and faxed the entire city council (smokefree.net makes that easy) to tell them how embarrassing it is for Chicago that it's taken this long to join Boston, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and Seattle in going 100% smoke-free. Danny PS, don't forget Rob and Clare's feminism party tomorrow afternoon: http://fedibblety.com/whiteboard/party -- http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/improvetheworld