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  • Daley to Wrigley bars: Curb booze sales or go dry (Obama's Chicago Machine showing us the future)

    09/23/2008 7:36:15 PM PDT · by uptoolate · 42 replies · 315+ views
    Chicago Sun-Times ^ | September 23, 2008 | BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
    Bars and restaurants around Wrigley Field that ignore the city’s call to voluntarily cut off liquor sales after the seventh inning could face a dire alternative: Area residents could vote them dry, Mayor Daley warned Tuesday. One day after bar owners reacted angrily to the city’s proposal, Daley defended it as "common sense." He argued that Cubs fans who’ve been drinking up until the seventh-inning stretch of potential title-clinching games need, what he called, "some smoothing time" before the celebration begins in earnest. » Click to enlarge image Fans celebrate after the Cubs won the Central Division title. Mayor Daley...