Taking "Closing Time" to the Next Level
Decatur Metro | December 15, 2007State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) has proposed a bill before the state legislature that would push back closing hours to 2:30a for bars statewide.
Lord, talk about a symbolic gesture.
This rural, conservative state with no discernible problem with a 4a closing time will never back this bill. Oliver can’t even get fellow Decatur State Rep. Stephanie Benfield to support her. Banfield is quoted as saying, “This is a local county or local city commission issue, and I don’t think the state should be interfering in that.”
Oliver claims she just wants to talk state/local in the general assembly about this issue. I say just another example of lonely and liberal Decatur screaming into the conservative ether.
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