Have a drink before you read
Dawn House at the Tribune explores Utahs "modernized" and "normalized" liquor laws and finds that they still fall short of "simple" and "clear." In the usual Utah-style give-and-take weirdness on the Hill, lawmakers managed to cook up something that is not only bewildering, but could be legally challenged.Here's two of the more asinine conplexities that could wind up in court:
- Liquor bottles can be displayed until they're opened, then they must be hidden.
- A restaurant's opening date can affect the liquor rules it follows and even its architecture.
As crazy as it sounds, putting bottles out where all the world can see them is a freedom of speech issue. Lawyer Brian Barnard, who has developed a cottage industry based on Utah legislative bunkum, is bemused:
The foolishness continues. This may well be open to a judicial challenge.
To save taxpayer money and restaurateur migraines, why doesn't the Legislature just hire Barnard to vet their liquor bills?
3 Comments:
Instead, Barnard could choose to do something useful with his time. His record isn't great and neither is his thinking. He's had a few gifts from the state, but otherwise the guy is just a pain in the butt.
Yes I have a feeling that a lot of chain restaurants aren't going to come here because they aren't going to recreate their blue prints for one state. Again, people will look in at us and go WTF?
PS, looking at liquor doesn't make an alcoholic. Better keep the ice cream hidden too, kids are becoming little dumplings.
Hell yes, let's prevent our children from looking at food and drink that may later prove harmful to their health!
We'll start with little stuff like the soft drink menu and finish by banning those straight-from-Satan dessert trays and carts.
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