Residents have until Thursday to register to vote in next month’s election, which will decide several contested races in Baytown and outlying cities.
The May 12 ballot will also determine whether or not public smoking will be permitted in the city. A smoking ban passed in November by 57 percent of voters is being challenged by the Baytown Citizens for Property Rights.
If passed, the ordinance would nullify the ban and impose the same smoking regulations in place from 1999 until last year, which allowed smoking in bars and designated sections of restaurants with separate ventilation systems....
gregory Enthusiastic SmokerJoined: Mar 29, 2007Posts: 270Location: America...I think?
A friend worked on getting this to the ballot and says that the timing was poor (not a regular election) It's hard to get people out to vote on every whim of the council so it would be easy enough to have ten people vote and claim a 60% majority.
Hope that the folks have better luck this time.
-J.C.-
JohnC Enthusiastic SmokerJoined: Dec 23, 2004Posts: 282
