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Article: Illinois -- Proposed Chicago smoking ban collapses at City Council meeting
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2005
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CHICAGO -- A tentative agreement that would have paved the way for Chicago to join the ranks of smoke-free cities, but given free-standing taverns 18 months to comply, collapsed Tuesday, setting the stage for another week of wrangling followed by a high-stakes showdown on the City Council floor.
Two hours of sometimes heated negotiations were not enough to salvage the
phased-in smoking ban that influential aldermen thought they had hammered
out Monday night. At one point, Alderman Pat O'Connor, the mayor's unofficial City Council floor leader, got into a screaming match with downtown Alderman Burton F. Natarus. O'Connor favors the all-inclusive smoking ban championed by Health Committee ...