A shot of DABC's love
When it comes to selling alcohol, it seems Utah is slowly crawling across the spectrum from a Saudi Arabian sensibility toward, if not Vegas, at least an Idahoesque joie de vivre.The state Alcoholic Beverage Commission voted to look into abolishing the state's private club system. The Tribune notes it would be the biggest upheaval in Mormon Utah's liquor laws since 1990 when diners were allowed to order wine by the glass.
The Deseret News reports that lawmakers, not surprisingly, are proceeding cautiously, trying to figure out how the LDS Church is reacting to the liquor liberalization.
It always tickles me that stories on the Utah liquor board identify which commissioners drink. Where besides Utah would you see paragraph like this in a daily newspaper?
Voting with Coray were commission chairman Sam Granato, also a nondrinker, and Mary Ann Mantes, a social drinker.I hope someday to read something like this in the Trib:
Commissioner Jones, a fall-down drunk, abstained, while Commissioner Young, who is celebrating his 133rd day of sobriety, voted in favor. But Commissioner Gumble, burped, "Phl-l-l-l-nay," killing the motion.
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