I would tend to agree. The problem is its more than just this city, the state has made a change to where smoke shops can be located. It appears to be a complicated change that makes tobacco more regulated than many aspects regarding alcohol.
Those of us in Utah that are not Mormon get a bit sensitive about the legality of being an adult. The LDS church has such a stranglehold on our government that it barely gets to come up from the baptismal water for a breath.
If this smoke shop broke the law then shut them down, arrest the owner, then throw him in jail. If not then I don’t think that the perception that patrons of a smoke shop are “not the best people” is reason enough to shut them down. I don’t think that Represenative Paul Ray is a good person although I am sure he thinks he is. I mean good in the biblical sense.
Sounds like he’s a Fascist Pig.