Council Member Nick Licata Asks Mayor Ed Murray to Rethink Shutting Down Hookah Lounges

Most of the council's more conservative wing backed up Mayor Ed Murray when he announced a crackdown on hookah lounges last week. Now, lefty Council Member Nick Licata is asking him to call it off. City of Seattle
Last week, Mayor Ed Murray announced that he and the city's legal department would be moving to shut down all 11 hookah lounges operating in the city. Murray claims the lounges are illegal because of the state's ban on smoking in places of employment and that they are magnets for crime