Wednesday, March 30, 2005
What Were They Thinking
On March 29, the Palm Beach County commissioners decided they would change the hours that liquor can be sold on Sundays from starting at Noon to starting at 7AM. Since liquor sales in the county must end at 5AM, that only leaves a 2 hour window for drunks to attend AA meetings, sleep it off or sober up. This change was started because the airport authority wants to open it's bars at 7AM on Sunday like every other day.
Since the municipalities generally make liquor sales stop at 2AM, this gives the impaired driver a reason to leave Delray or Boca or Lake Worth at 2 and drive drunk to a bar in the county that's open until 5. Then at 5AM when they're really lit up, they drive to wherever.
I guess I better be sure to drive cautiously on Sunday mornings
Since the municipalities generally make liquor sales stop at 2AM, this gives the impaired driver a reason to leave Delray or Boca or Lake Worth at 2 and drive drunk to a bar in the county that's open until 5. Then at 5AM when they're really lit up, they drive to wherever.
I guess I better be sure to drive cautiously on Sunday mornings
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