I am writing to share my disappointment about the recent letter printed by one of our elected leaders, Cindi Delaney. It is gravely unfortunate that she does not value the lives of Mesquite workers and would put the lives of my fellow Mesquite residents in jeopardy from the proven negative health impacts of secondhand smoke. The health and well-being of the people she serves should be paramount. Every life matters. No worker should have to choose between a paycheck and their health.
Mesquite residents must evaluate closely the people we want to represent us. We must think carefully about what is important to us. I would hope that my fellow Mesquite residents realize that our health transfers into and impacts all areas of our lives and, if we are sick, we are not living fully and thriving. We all deserve good health. Why would we ever risk that?
N. Tabaska
Mesquite, NV
I agree with you completely. I voted for Ms. Delaney in the Primary Election but will not vote for her in the General Election. Nor will I vote for any council person who does not support Clean Indoor Air for our city.
Mike Benham is the only person running for Council that supports clean air!
I will be voting for Mike Benham for City Council and nobody else.
Mike Benham is a Socialist from England. I will not vote for him.
This would have to b state wide in order for it to do any good in NV. The casinos would lose quite alot of business. I applaud Ms Delaney for speaking the truth. Cant plz all the peeps all the time.
Cindi is right. The call of smoking or non smoking should be with the business owners. The letter writer will want to outlaw soda next. Then any food she does not like. Shame on them. What next, make everyone go to your church? Delaney is a good person and deserves to be re-elected.
So only non smokers go to church? I think youve just won, most ridiculous statement award thiss week!
NO VOTE
Agreed
I respect anyone’s right to smoke. What I will never understand is why their right to smoke trumps my right to breathe clean air.
Darlene says,
Oct.20
Phoebe,
I agree with you whole-heartedly. I and my friends will not be voting for her.
I agree with you.
She is cow towing to the casinos .
Vote all against this OUT.
Tabaska, you are a nut case. You seriously won’t vote for a person who chooses to let businesses make their own decisions on what’s best for them??
If you want government to direct you and others on how to live and what you can and cannot do, why don’t you move to Russia or someplace else besides the Land of the Free, where you cannot b!tch and moan (expressing your 1st amendment right)!
I don’t know Mrs. Delaney personally, but any elected official who is for the benefit of the community businesses to be successful with their own business plan is who you should be voting for! From what I’ve read about Mike Benwhatever, he may be for clean air but his main focus is going to give raises and benefits to the already-making-more-than-average fire fighters (and I’m not putting down our great rescuers, but seriously where is the common sense? We’re not the size of St. George or Vegas, so let’s consider some dollar figures here — that’s another topic another time).
As an ex smoker and an occasional gambler I can tell you that in my smoking days if I set out for a gambling session and the local casinos were nonsmoking I would drive to Las Vegas where I could smoke. Back in the day when restaurants had smoking and non smoking sections if the wait was too long for smoking I would leave. I avoided flying, airports, movie theaters and any venue where I could not light up. I think most smokers are just as I was for 25 years.
South Dakota banned smoking in Deadwood casinos and the effect was dramatic, traffic dropped precipitously and patrons visits were shortened. Closures, consolidations and layoffs as business writers say.
As an independent restaurant operator I lost dozens of long time regulars when the state of Nebraska decided that my place of business (WHICH IS PRIVATE PROPERTY) could not accommodate the twenty some percent of patrons who smoke (WHICH IS A LEGAL ACTIVITY) with a smoking section (and of course a nonsmoking section)
Activists envision Mesquite leading the way for all Nevada casinos to be smoke free but in reality such a smoking ban could just as well be called unemployment stimulus. You know all the unintended consequences and all of that which well meaning activists choose to ignore when they aren’t affected personally.