One month into Madison’s smoking ban, Tavern League members say their bottom line has hit rock bottom.

The general manager at the Buckeye Inn says revenues are 40 percent lower than this time last summer. She adds things could get worse this fall.

And the general manager at the “Sports Pub” says — even with volleyball games nearly every night — his revenues have dropped 35 percent. “We wrote a letter to Dave about our problems — we got back a form letter. We had a customer write a letter to Dave, he got back the same exact letter — just a different address and name. We want him to come and see the damage that’s goin’ on,” says Michael Caspersen.

Meanwhile, one Madison alder says he no longer supports the ban in its current form. “Sun Prairie, Blooming Grove, you know, Cottage Grove — right now we can rename the township of Blooming Grove and call it the township of ‘Booming Grove,’ because that’s where our customers have gone,” says 17th District Alder Santiago Rosas.

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