Comments on: BAR does 9

By: Palestar

Palestar — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:36:50 +0000

Regarding CaFATeria’s in the UK – and very young chef, Jamie Oliver, has contracted with their government to put better foods for lunches in the schools – not fat re-constituted crap. Look into if if you are interested – it he is trying to make a difference – has been to Canada and NYC and the word is apparently spreading… who knows?

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/jamies_school_dinners/index.html

By: DocMultimedia

DocMultimedia — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:29:02 +0000

At UVa hospital I am constantly amazed at the number of overweight people headed for the smoking area (at a hospital!) after theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve gorged themselves on fried grease in the hospital caFATeria. That also amazes me. The FAT part goes well with the grade of D by Virginia schools for their menus.

By: Kevin Cox

Kevin Cox — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:39:38 +0000

When private groups rented the old amphitheatre they controlled it and were free to prohibit all kinds of activities. I remember well a July Fourth when Uriah Fields was prohibited from singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic in front of City Hall because the space had been rented by a private group for a Fourth of July celebration. Private control could be used to ban smoking and I think your idea of a private non-profit is worth looking at but I really, really, doubt that the control freaks in City Hall would even want to consider the idea.

I had become kind of unaware of how many people do smoke. Your bitchy ranting has caused me to take notice and, DAMN there are a lot of idiots puffing that crap and eventually they’ll end up regretting it. At UVa hospital I am constantly amazed at the number of overweight people headed for the smoking area (at a hospital!) after they’ve gorged themselves on fried grease in the hospital caFATeria.

By: DocMultimedia

DocMultimedia — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:28:57 +0000

Closet smoker?

When businesses pay money to the city to get space on the mall, is that land considered public space? It seems to me the village controls that space and should just write it in to the vendor license.

Now, is it legal for the city to say that the US is wrong about Iraq. I seem to recall they passed some such statement.

The village is basically a slave to this big commonwealth, and it has no say over what happens. Go growth. Plow down the village. Yes, baby, yes. Then a business will own this dump and they can ban smoking. Just like at the lovely Short Pump Mall.

If this city had any backbone they would create a non-profit private company that manages the mall, and bans all smoking. Oh wait, smoking is our state passion. Puff, hack, death. The village terrorists continue to kill.

By: Waldo Jaquith

Waldo Jaquith — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:16:47 +0000

The Short Pump Mall is privately-owned; they’re free to ban smoking. The Charlottesville Downtown Mall is public property. State law does not permit smoking to be banned. If you’d like to change that law, I encourage you to write your representatives, Del. David Toscano and Sen. Creigh Deeds, and let them know how you feel.

I’ve explained all of this to you before. I can’t imagine why you persist in pretending that Charlottesville simply stubbornly refuses to ban smoking in smoking places.