Bar owners have banned together to contest a portion of the statewide smoking ban they claim could put them out of business.
Kevin Haislip's Bar and Grill in Tonganoxie received private club licensing in May 2009. In the smoking ban, licensing cut-offs for private clubs was January 1, 2009. Haislip brought forward a lawsuit stating the cut-off date was unfair given that the smoking ban did not go into effect until July 1, 2010.
Since bringing forth the initial lawsuit, Haislip stated that additional businesses have joined in. All the businesses in question received private licensing after the January 1, 2009 deadline, but prior to the July 1, 2010 enactment of the smoking ban. All they are requesting is that their businesses be grandfathered into the same clause that has allowed smoking to continue in the businesses that received private club licensing prior to January 1, 2009. Continue Reading
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