Salt Lake Tribune: Liquor Board to Allow Restaurants to Police Themselves

Back to square one, idiotic law, idiotic board, entrapment police with "cart blanc" enforcement

By Ray

("Utahrdian" Version)

"Liquor Board to Allow Restaurants to Police Themselves" says article in the Salt Lake Tribune today:

• Liquor board tells restaurants to decide how diners may legally order drinks

So let me get this straight:

1. Legislature passes law to require food be ordered in order to get a alcoholic drink in a restaurants.
2. DABC police set up "stings" to "bust" restaurants who don't comply.
3. After much uproar over a poorly conceived/written/executed law DABC looks to "clarify" law.
4. Months of study later board decides the subject is too muddied and decides individual restaurants will need to police and make up their own decisions on customers intent to order food.

So we're back to square one, idiotic law, idiotic board, entrapment police with "cart blanc" enforcement.