{"id":4618,"date":"2013-01-05T09:31:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T14:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2013-01-05T09:33:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T14:33:39","slug":"savannah-morning-news-city-likely-to-revise-alcohol-ordinance-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/01\/05\/savannah-morning-news-city-likely-to-revise-alcohol-ordinance-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Morning News: City likely to revise alcohol ordinance again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"10\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8268618372\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\nWell I&#8217;ll definitely be looking at this issue in coming posts and\/or columns: <a href='http:\/\/savannahnow.com\/news\/2013-01-04\/savannah-looks-rewrite-liquor-laws#.UOgs1hynHhI'>Savannah looks to rewrite liquor laws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the article by Lesley Conn, writing about the current alcohol ordinance:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It includes nary a word to consider that discriminating shoppers may want to sip a honey-based mead at the Savannah Bee Co. before buying.<\/p>\n<p>Nor does it direct how the city shall regulate the considerate shop owner who wants to offer a glass of champagne during a manicure or a glass of wine at an after-hours party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s no indication that this is going to deal with the thorniest issues, like the exclusion of 18-20 year old adults from public performances that take place in bars.<\/p>\n<p>But there are some serious problems. There&#8217;s currently no way for businesses to legally do the things in the examples above. <\/p>\n<p>The issue is more common than one might think. I know of an expensive clothing store that once offered a glass of wine to customers, a spot for guided activities that would like to serve wine too, a high-end retail store that would like to offer wine to waiting spouses, usually husbands. Businesses like those named in the article want to do everything legally and above board &#8212; bar cards, carding clientele, getting a beer and wine license if necessary &#8212; but they don&#8217;t fit anywhere in current law.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, there are lots of hazy areas that will probably remain. I&#8217;m thinking especially about the myriad art openings and similar receptions that happen very periodically and often include free wine or similar options. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be interesting to watch.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses like those named in the article want to do everything legally and above board &#8212; bar cards, carding clientele, getting a beer and wine license if necessary &#8212; but they don&#8217;t fit anywhere in current law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/01\/05\/savannah-morning-news-city-likely-to-revise-alcohol-ordinance-again\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[959],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-1cu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}