Judge Strikes Down Ban on Single Beer Sales

ABC 7 ^ | 6/19/05 | ABC 7

[freedom44]

Washington (AP) - Buying a single can or bottle of beer will still be legal in the near future in some parts of Northwest Washington.

A federal judge has struck down the District's ban on such sales in Ward 4, ruling that the D.C. Council hastily passed it last fall without the required public notice.

It was supposed to begin last November, but never took effect because the judge blocked its enforcement until the larger legal questions could be decided. This week, she struck down the law.

The measure was known as the Fenty Amendment after sponsor Adrian Fenty introduced it as a means to reduce litter and drinking on sidewalks. There are similar bans in the Mount Pleasant and Adams Morgan neighborhoods.

Fenty says he will ask the council to act again on the ban and that he will urge city lawyers to appeal the ruling.

Opponents say the ban would devastate mom & pop stores that count on single sales for as much as 50 percent of their income in some months.

[stainlessbanner]

a means to reduce litter and drinking on sidewalks.

For every one can, there will now be five others.

[CO Gal]

Whew! Some of us like to make 18 trips to the liquor store in one night. Is that so wrong????

[SIDENET]

Would this count as a single?

[TexasTransplant]

When did they outlaw Ice Chests?

[TexasTransplant]

The Capital of Washington = Olympia
The kind of Beer I drink in the Great Northwest Rayyyyy Neeeeerr Beeeeeeeeer!

Olympia beer isn't bad either, but they just don't know how to advertise.

[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

I'm a beer "buyer" as my profession and I've never understood these restrictions. I've have retailers I work with whose beer licenses have restrictions on them that forbid them from selling singles. This makes no sense.

The alcoholic control board does this to keep drunks from buying singles and drinking them right then and there on the street. So what's the answer.... make them buy a six pack and drink it right then and there on the street? SMART!!!!

[minus_273]

this is literally the most backwards law i have ever seen. no dont buy just a can buy a six pack! what kind of moron...

[minus_273]

in case anyone was wondering.. this was introduced by a DUmmie

[Oztrich Boy]

Would this count as a single?

thats not a single beer

That's a single beer

[spinestein]

[The measure was known as the Fenty Amendment after sponsor Adrian Fenty introduced it as a means to reduce litter and drinking on sidewalks.]



B.S.

Every time you see a law like this that puts some tedious obstruction in the way of adults getting access to alcohol, you can be assured it's the prohibitionists trying to whittle away at our freedom for our own good.

[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

Of course it was. The backwards logic is a dead give away.


"Make them drink less beer by forcing them to buy more beer" BRILLIANT!!!

[Dan from Michigan]

I loved those things when I was Designated Driver in college. A single Guinness.

[spinestein]

Just as much as "Crazy Horse" beer in the four-oh.

http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com/crazyhorse.html

[Stonedog]

Good, singles should be able to buy beer too.

[RichInOC]

"FREEEEDOMMMM!!!"

[mmercier]

In Massachusetts it is illegal for liquor stores to sell milk.

Micromanagement at its finest. We can still get singles, though we don't pollute with them.. Bottle bill and all.

We just dump old dish washers, water heaters and television sets on the side of the highways.. Local sticker laws and all.

[freepatriot32]

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so requiring people to by 6 times as many cans is going to cut down on the litter how?You gotta hand it to this guys plastic surgeon he did a damn good job of covering up the lobotomy scars

[Nasty McPhilthy]

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say they're funny or they're terrible or they're good, or whatever, but you can just pass 'em by. But with Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law! And every time they make a law, it's a joke! - Will Rogers

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Opponents say the ban would devastate mom & pop stores that count on single sales for as much as 50 percent of their income in some months.

That is the likely target or something similar. The big boys don't want the competition and pay the politicians to do the job for them. Of course the politicians have to cover it with some high sounding principle. Anytime something like this comes up we must, all together now - "Follow the Money". Figure out who will gain financially, besides the politicians of course, and you have it.