URGENT: St. Louis County No Smoking Bill May Be Vetoed This Morning

St. Louis County Executive Charles Dooley will announce at 10 a.m. today whether or not he will veto a no smoking bill passed Tuesday by the Council.

He is on record saying he prefers a statewide ban on smoking so that adjoining counties don't have the advantage of luring smokers to their businesses which allow smoking.

By law, Dooley has until Monday to make a veto decision. If he does, it's expected the proposal will be dead. The Council could enforce the bill with an override vote that require five yes votes out of the seven members. The three Council votes that passed the bill were all 4-3 and it's not expected that any of the no voters will cross over for an override attempt.