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Chris Redgrave, a past chair of the Chamber board, pointed out in her comments to reporters that transportation investments “lower business costs and improve quality of life” for residents. “It is right that today’s [highway] users foot the bill.” As far as tobacco is concerned, Chamber President and CEO Lane Beattie is at a loss to explain why lawmakers have not acted on that idea.
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“We were one of the first jurisdictions to pass that type of law in the county and others are now looking at the same thing,” said Novato Mayor Madeline Kellner. Fairfax, Larkspur, Mill Valley and Tiburon are all working toward new smoke rules, said Granger, who also is an official with the Smoke-Free Marin Coalition. “We are anticipating some real movement on second-hand smoke in Marin,” she said. Smokers said they are aware of cities clamping down on their ability to light up, but that doesn’t stop all of them.
Ben Phillips, 57, who was smoking a cigarette outside Starbucks at Fourth and A streets in San Rafael on Thursday, said he hasn’t had any issues lighting up outside in Marin. A month after the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix went ahead, Forsythe ran afoul of tobacco inspectors in Toronto during Indy race weekend on the streets of Exhibition Place.
The outfit showed up with cars featuring the blue and white chevron brand elements from the cigarette pack that reflected the previous Player’s Racing incarnation. The team escaped with a warning in 2004 after pleading its case to Health Canada officials. It also changed the paint scheme for the race a year later in Toronto and, while it continued to use blue and white livery, Forsythe moved further away from the Player’s colours in the following seasons.