Driven to hard liquor
Everyone kvetchs about how hard it is to get a drink in Utah. Dawn House at the Tribune tells a story of how hard it is to serve a drink in Utah.Mike and Julia Clemmons, small-business owners of Otter Creek RV Park and Marina tried to get a license to serve anglers beer and wine with their chili and burgers. After running the bewildering gauntlet of state liquor laws, they had to pay $5,000 to get a license that would allow them to also serve mixed drinks. In the end, they never served a cocktail and ended up paying an exhorbitant amount for a lousy beer/wine license.
Reading tip: Don't even try to follow the ins and outs of the Clemmons' travails with the DABC — just absorb the gestalt of the restauranteurs' sheer frustration.
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Tribune's Bob Barr Blackout Watch Reimnder: The Libertarian Party nominated Bob Barr as its presidential candidate on May 25, 2008, and 139 days later -- with less than one month before Election Day -- The Salt Lake Tribune finally informed its print edition readers of his candidacy.
See "McCain or Obama: Utahns want next leader to heal economy," October 11, 2008.
And "Early voters generating 'huge numbers' at polls," October 28, 2008.
By comparison, the Tribune notified its readers of the candidacies of Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on an almost daily basis in 2008.
The Tribune first reported on:
*Ralph Nader's 2008 presidential candidacy as early as March 1, 2008.
*The presidential candidacy of the Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin on July 3, 2008.
*The presidential candidacy of the Green Party's Cynthia McKinney on September 4, 2008.
In the interim, those who noted the omission of Barr's candidacy from the Tribune's national political coverage were prevented from further comment on the TribTalk forums and SLTRIB.COM comments section after their accounts were disabled and IP addresses blocked by the Tribune's web site administrators.
Almost 95 percent of all American voters -- in 45 states -- can vote for Barr on the ballot. Only Obama and McCain have access to more American ballots.
Nationwide polls show Barr receiving support from between 1 to 2 percent of voters (or about 1 in 50 American voters), and up to 11 percent support in some battleground states.
The CEO of MediaNews (which owns the Tribune), William Dean Singleton, was a significant financial supporter of Republican U.S. President George W. Bush.
www.BobBarr2008.com
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