April 16, 2011

Kudos to Bill Eddy

I missed this the other night but this from Jeremy Shulkin's Worcesteria regardinig City Council Meeting Tuesday night regarding Bill Eddy riling up the Chamber of Commerce:

  • " Having government get in the way between competing businesses is not the way to (reduce smoking rates)."
  • Eddy believes the chamber should be unified in representing all businesses, not just some. 


Truer words could not be spoken.  A Chamber of Commerce that supports 1) the taxation of larger apartment buildings commercially not residentially and 2) supports a smoking ordinance because it only hurts the larger chains is not the message the Chamber of Commerce should be sending out to businesses consdiering coming to Worcester. 

1 comment:

Signman said...

It was the chamber who pushed for 50% window coverage for signs...which can advertise cigarettes...as jahn said just make bigger windows...I mentioned the Hadley building how if they covered 50% of the windows what would we accomplish? Just think the council had a chance to limit window coverage on signs which would cut down advertising cigarettes... They just don't think...even Hope backed 50%. Don't get it....don't see how they will ode again they keep making new rules and don't enforce the ones they have