To smoke or not to smoke? That was the question with concerns to the sidewalks on North Avenue at the Flora City Council meeting on Monday evening. One of the council's agenda items was to discuss an ordinance that would ban smoking on the sidewalks of North Avenue after council members had received complaints regarding bar patrons.
The issue was addressed at length by members of the public that had come to the meeting against the proposed ban. These people included Stephen Smith, the owner of the Beer Bucket; Jason Cameron, the owner of the Sportsman's Lounge; Jami Gibbons, bartender at the American Legion Post; Phillip Palmer, a national representative of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Carson Casell.
After the discussion, the issue was not voted upon. Instead, the Council decided to call an open meeting for further discussions with the goal of reaching a compromise on the issue. The date of the meeting has not yet been set.
