Here's mud in your eye
Politicians in Utah are constantly calling for civility in public discourse. Unfortunately, being boorish clods, they never pay attention even to themselves.
Good manners count for a lot in a democracy and nowhere are they in shorter supply than at Utah Liquor Control Board meetings where tavern and restaurant owners must prostrate themselves if they hope to get the life-giving OK to serve big-boy beverages. Go to a meeting sometime, it's really pathetic.
The Trib's Dawn House reports that the Utah Hospitality Association, which knows a thing or two about manners, failed to talk the state liquor control board into allowing universal private club memberships that would allow holders to got to participating establishments without buying yet another membership.
The association's President David Trenton's presentation met with silence from the five commissioners. "That was kind of rude," whispered Trenton after taking his seat.
After the commission's customary time of reflection and contemplation, the commissioners, of course, punted. They advised Trenton to take the issue to the Utah Legislature, where understanding and sympathy for drinkers does not exactly abound.
I'm offering a suggestion for civility to the Legislature:
Don't give Utah residents a universal card. Fine. We deserve it, we chose to live here.
Do allow visitors to buy a "Zone" club membership. If a tourists provide a drivers license to prove they are alien to our ways, let them get a visitor's zone membership — good in turismo zonas like Main Street, Park City, or Downtown, Salt Lake City, or the Sundance festival. That way, our honored guests won't be put-upon and annoyed by being forced to run the club membership gauntlet. It's only good manners (and they'll spend more money).
Good manners count for a lot in a democracy and nowhere are they in shorter supply than at Utah Liquor Control Board meetings where tavern and restaurant owners must prostrate themselves if they hope to get the life-giving OK to serve big-boy beverages. Go to a meeting sometime, it's really pathetic.
The Trib's Dawn House reports that the Utah Hospitality Association, which knows a thing or two about manners, failed to talk the state liquor control board into allowing universal private club memberships that would allow holders to got to participating establishments without buying yet another membership.
The association's President David Trenton's presentation met with silence from the five commissioners. "That was kind of rude," whispered Trenton after taking his seat.
After the commission's customary time of reflection and contemplation, the commissioners, of course, punted. They advised Trenton to take the issue to the Utah Legislature, where understanding and sympathy for drinkers does not exactly abound.
I'm offering a suggestion for civility to the Legislature:
Don't give Utah residents a universal card. Fine. We deserve it, we chose to live here.
Do allow visitors to buy a "Zone" club membership. If a tourists provide a drivers license to prove they are alien to our ways, let them get a visitor's zone membership — good in turismo zonas like Main Street, Park City, or Downtown, Salt Lake City, or the Sundance festival. That way, our honored guests won't be put-upon and annoyed by being forced to run the club membership gauntlet. It's only good manners (and they'll spend more money).
1 Comments:
This is simply the same old thing. Since some old larceny by liguor representatives/distributors there has been this feeling that the State is the best organization to handle any spirits. That is exactally why we are is the fix we are in.
It's time the State got out of the liquor business. They seem to study all conflict of interest positions; (Golf courses, health clubs, and swimming pools), but do the right thing and look at what is going to be the issue of the near future.
Face it, the Morman Church is losing it's dominance. Start treating adults like adults.
The recent press about another local person being highlighted concerning their pious actions is just another reminder of the one sided view of the so called religious leaders.
What is realy appalling is that when the Olympics were held here (2002), most of the State Liguor Laws were suspended to not interfer with tourism. But this doesn't apply to the regular residents.
What a joke!
Now they want to remove 3.2% alcohol from grocery stores. Why? Is this another publicity stunt to make Utah even more of a joke. Get a look at the problem and do something about it.
GET THE STATE OF UTAH OUT OF THE LIQUOR BUSINESS. SELL ALL LIQUOR IN GROCERY STORES.
Quit listening to radicals like you do!
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