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September 25, 2008
...and people from OUT OF STATE!
The equivalent of the city council in Shawn's home town, Framingham, Massachusetts, has passed a new law that serves as a reminder of how ridiculous things have gotten in our native land, and just how glad I am not to be there.
An article in the Metro West Daily News reports that:
As of Sept. 1, a change in alcohol serving policy in town has made out-of-state IDs taboo in Framingham watering holes. Such identifications are not a valid proof of age when ordering a drink in town establishments, according to the new policy.
I would tend to think that this violates the full faith and credit clause of the constitution, but that old rag seems about as uniformly applied nowadays as the old testament. I would think that public reaction to this, where the time required to traverse entire states can be measured in minutes not hours, would be very negative. A lot of people from out of town come there. People work there that live in other states. There are a lot of corporate headquarters there, and lots of people coming there on business from away.
However, the first reader comment to the article further underscores why I'm so glad not to be there: people in the US seem to eat that stuff up!
I think it's a great idea! Now the 10,000 or so illegal aliens are not going to be able to drink in these establishments. Not that a lot of them do anyway.If they could apply that law to the liquor stores it would even be better.
Of course if that happened most of the liquor stores would go out of business, because they sell a lot of liquor and beer to illegal aliens.
Of course, anyone with a passport - foreign or domestic - will be okay.
Posted by crispy at September 25, 2008 10:02 AM
Comments
Notice that this is a change of "policy", not law. This means that each bar can choose whether or not to follow the policy. Sneaky bastards - a law would violate other federal laws, but a policy can be enforced by peer pressure or by mean spirited bar owners. Whatever happened to their liberal views? Heh, reality.
Posted by: carol at September 26, 2008 06:13 AM
Moe Syzlak: "Won't someone think of the CHILDREN!!!"
Posted by: Akira at September 26, 2008 01:09 PM
Regarding it being a policy and not a law, the article goes on to say this:
As the licensing board in town, the Board of Selectmen reviews all liquor violations.[...]
"You become liable if you have an incident with an out-of-state ID," said John Tarnuzzer, manager of John Harvard's Brew House at Shoppers World.
It sounds like, while it may not be a law for which there is a legal penalty, if you have a violation of the 'policy,' the Board of Selectmen might be able to revoke or fail to renew your license. Still, I'd say, that's enough for the policy to be a concern to business owners.
Posted by: Chris Coen at September 27, 2008 10:42 AM