State and Local Strategies of the Tobacco Industry
MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA - SMOKING RESTRICTION ORDINANCE
Abstract
Discusses actions against proposed clean indoor air ordinance in Manatee County, Florida. Requests approval for Tobacco Action Network volunteers to take part in writing letters and making phone calls, attend a public hearing, and to contact "friends, acquaintances and customers" to urge them to write letters "opposing the proposed ordinance." Adds "the Area Director is developing alliances aimed at encouraging local businesses and other interested parties to attend the public hearing and testify in opposition to the proposal . . . a witness list is being compiled . . . the Area Director will also attempt to meet individually with each Commission member prior to the hearing to explain the industry position."
Fields
- Named Person
- Mozingo, Roger L. (TI Lobbyist, Sr. VP, headed up state and local lobbying)Involved in state and local level lobbying for the tobacco industry. Was a Vice President at TI, in the State Activities Division in the 1970's & 1980's, later went to RJR. Roger L. Mozingo was Vice President of State Government Relations for RJR in 1994. (Source: R. J. Reynolds Summary - RJR Liability Notebook)
- Named Organization
- Covington & Burling (Tobacco Industry law firm)Tobacco industry law firm. Was involved in organizing the Whitecoat Project.
- LUNG ASSN
- MANATEE COUNTY COMMISSION FL
- TAN, TOBACCO ACTION
- Copied
- ROBERTS,WJ
- ROBINSON,JB
- SESSIONS,D
- WELLS,JK III
- WRIGHT,W
- WYATT,W JR
- AINSWORTH,WE JR
- BEWLEY,L
- BREEDLOVE,JT
- CHERRY,JR
- CHILCOTE,SD JR
- COHEN,S
- FOLEY,H
- GILBERT,S
- GRANT,H
- HORRIGAN,EA JR
- HUGHES,IW
- Mozingo, Roger L. (TI Lobbyist, Sr. VP, headed up state and local lobbying)Involved in state and local level lobbying for the tobacco industry. Was a Vice President at TI, in the State Activities Division in the 1970's & 1980's, later went to RJR. Roger L. Mozingo was Vice President of State Government Relations for RJR in 1994. (Source: R. J. Reynolds Summary - RJR Liability Notebook)
- OLIVERIO,R
- Author
- KELLY,J
- TAN, TOBACCO ACTION NETWORK
- Region
- Charlotte County
- MANATEE COUNTY
- FLORIDA
- Bradenton
- Recipient
- PEPPLES,E
- POLLACK,SP
- Stevens, Arthur Joseph (LOR Sr. VP '89-95 and TI Communications)Served on Lorillard Board of Directors 1985-92, was Senior Vice President from 1989 to 1995, served as General Counsel for Lorillard '93-95. Served on Tobacco Institute Communications Committee.
- TAN STATE ACTIVITIES POLICY COMM
- TUCKER,CA
- DEY.KVR JR
- Subject
- clean indoor air
- Industry Strategies
- lobbying
- Local Level
- Ordinances
- Tobacco Industry Employees
- Volunteers
- Advocacy Groups
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To: - -State Activiti-es- Policy_ Committee
Ernest Pepples, -Lsr{.-- -
Mr.- K.v.R3= Rey; Jr.--
Arthur J. ~tevens,- Es-a.__
Mr.= -Shepard :'.- Pollack-
Mr.-- Charles A. Tuc'Ker_
-- Re-:- _ Manatee-_County, Florida-_-- Smoking Restriction -Grdinance--
restricti-ou ordinances were =_subnittod t-o the Cotirrission in s-u_Pp-ort_ _
-- of the pr_oposal ~- It--can -be gresumed =th-at- the- lM-anatee--County -pro=
-posal -will be a broad-smoking restriction-;neas-ure. -
The Manatee County Commission will hold a public hearing on the_
-propos-ed _smoking-re~t~zc.tion ord_;::ance- on-Tuesday,=-Jure--29,_= 1982 _
- in--the com.=ni~sio-n _me-ting- ro=om,- Manatee Count_y---.Goirrthous-e,= Manatee -
Avenue and 12th Street, Brad-enton; Florida, beginning at 9:30_-a.m.-
ACTION_ REi2i..iESTED
w'e -request your approval - of the- following ac.t_ivit-ies -by. our_ Area
-Di r=ector arid by member- c-ompany ThN- voiunteers resid-ing in and -around
-On- June 8, -1982 the M-anayee _County_ C-o,-iinissicn ins-t.-tzcted- t-he- coun-ty
attorney to_ draft aproposed_ciean indoor air ordinance to bie_
- considered- for enactment as county law.-
The proposed ord_inance- is-now being_ drafted: -T-he impetus-for this
measure has come~ from- tha -Ioca1 -Lung- Associatior; and ; it is Khown
that _cspies of the Charl=otte Couhty and Cai 'ier_ County smoking
Manatee-County;
1. That-the-Area Director contact a11 TAN voiuntee-rs in Manatee
County to _request that- they wri te -iatter s a-n3-paace -_
-teiephor.e- calls -to- memters- of the Gounty_-Commi ss==on -in opp-o-
sition- to= the proposed ordinance. (Attached sre the-letter-
to TAN-volunteers, a list af-sugges-ted points-_to make_ and-a GO I
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2. That the-Area Director re-quest -all TAN voluntoers-in Manatee --__
County to attend - the- scheduled=-publ i-c--he-ar-ing= on _ June - 29;_- 198-2 .- ~
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3.- That the Area Director request all -TAN volunteers ir. -Manatee
County to contact friehds, acquaintances nnd customers known
to favor the industry position urging t'~at they write letters
to the-Corrmission members opposing the proposed ordinance.
The Area Director is_developing alliances aimed at encouraging
locail businesses and -other interested parties to atte-nd-the -public
hearing and testi.fy-~r opposition to the pMoposLal. A-p_otential- -
witnes-s-1ist for -the-hearing is being compiled. - T;.e- Ar-e3 Director
wi11 alse- atte~npt -to meet _individualiy with each - C-oTrar=_is-sion --
member prior to the hearing to e:.plairr -bhe- i-ndust-ry pogit-ior..
Covington , 5ur ling has -advi-s-ed- that_this-request does not require
registration or reporting on-the-par4 of -TAN volunte-ers.
If you have any quest_i ohs-re-garding -this request, please contac-t
Roger Mozingo. - Ydur =prompt app-rc,val ~~1s be appreciated in view
of tb.e -Iimited time-before- the -hearing.
JDK/s -
Attachments
cc: Mr. --Samuel_ D. -Chil-cote, Jr. -- _-,Iames -T. Breedlove, Es-q. -
Dr. I. W.-Hughes Mrr Edward A: Horrigan, Jr.-
Mr.- Wilson Wyatt, Jr. -Mr-.- W: -E. -A3nsworth, Jr.
J. Kendrick Wells,- III, rsq.- Mr. Larry Bewley-
Mr. Steve Cohen_ - Mr. Hugh Fo1ey.--
Mr.--ilal Grant -Mr. IJoug-Sessiens
James Cherry, Esq. Mr. - Rogex-_Mo-zingo -
J. Bernard Robinson; Esq. _ -Mr. Ray Oliverio
William J. ReLerts-; Es~}.-- Scott Gilbert, Esc4.-
-=Wilson Wright; Esquire
