a freedom of choice establishment

one restaurant in my lovely hometown of newark, ohio is bucking the smoking ban enacted on january 1st. the owner, teri paxson, has refused to comply with the ban despite warnings, dubbing her restaurant a "freedom of choice establishment."

four other restaurants in the area have been caught hosting smokers. violators can face $150 in fines and the loss of their liquor license.

unfortunately ms. paxson did not give comment to the newspaper, so that's about all i know. read the whole story here.