Jacksonville to Explore Smoking Ban

JACKSONVILLE -— Jacksonville City council members will discuss authorizing the creation of a citizen-led smoking ban committee during its Tuesday meeting at 6:00. “You’re going have people on both sides holding their ground,” City Manager Mo Raissi said. Raissi said the city is looking into putting together the committee after receiving calls from citizens. “At this time, we don’t know who’s going to be affected, what’s going to be affected or even who will be on the committee,” he said. If approved, the committee will be comprised of one citizen appointed by each council member and the mayor to tap local residents’ opinion on the issue.