We should loosen up our alcohol laws in Utah.
Oh, I do not mean drop our government agency that distributes. Nor, would I like to see us make it much easier to get alcohol.
But, I would like to see us wash from the books any law that is just silly. We do ourselves no favor by having silly laws on the books.
I understand bar owners, home brewers and others sat down earlier this month with the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Review Committee. They asked some pretty hard questions. Why should restaurants pay double for license renewals? Why is it illegal to serve two shots of, say, Jack Daniels, but okay to give the patron one shot of Jack Daniels and another of vodka. Why are curtains or walls required to be placed between the people mixing the drinks and the customers?
If we have silly and unreasonable laws, let's change them. We should look into such questions as were brought up, and, if they are correct, change the laws to make them equitable.
(Source for this story item: Peg McEntee's column in the Jan. 12 Salt Lake Tribune.)
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