[Mpls] Smoking Ban Disclosure Request

[Jim Bernstein]

Michael - My opinion on this issue are mine alone! Believe me, no one is
paying me to support the ban!! 

Jim Bernstein
Fulton

-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:mpls-bounces at mnforum.org] On
Behalf Of Laura Waterman Wittstock
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:14 PM
To: mpls at mnforum.org
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Smoking Ban Disclosure Request


On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 03:46 PM, Michael Hohmann wrote:

> I have a question for list members-
> In an effort to get full disclosure-- Are any of the smoking ban 
> proponents
> posting to this list under contract/subcontract to promote local 
> smoking
> bans?  Have you received any anti-smoking funding for such efforts 
> over the
> past decade?  Same question to those opposing such a ban.  If this 
> list is
> being used to sway public opinion via a paid lobbying effort, I think 
> list
> members would appreciate knowing it.  Thanks in advance.

Full disclosure. I was appointed to the MPAAT board by Skip Humphrey in 
1999 and served as a volunteer on the board through 2002. I am not paid 
nor have I ever been paid by any anti tobacco sources to sway public 
opinion.

My motives are personal. My father died of lung cancer. He smoked for 
over fifty years. My mother had a chronic lung condition attributed to 
inhaling a lot of environmental smoke.

Best,


Laura
Southeast

Laura Waterman Wittstock
MIGIZI Communications, Inc.
3123 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612.721.6631 ext 219
wittstock at migizi.org
http://www.migizi.org
http://laurawatermanwittstock.blogspot.com/

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