Utah lege has a vision problem. The rest of us have a lege problem.

Aug 30th 2011

Gotta read Dawn House’s piece in the Trib today: It's bad news, not just for beer drinkers but for Utahns, generally.

It's just been—revealed? realized? discovered?—that the the Zion Curtain law passed last session by the Utah legislature doesn’t just apply to bartenders mixing drinks.

It applies to beer-only restaurants, too! No, really.

Yup, turns out that you can’t pop a top on a beer or pull a tap in front of customers. You must order food to buy a beer, beer-only restaurants must install a partition so customers can’t see their beer being poured, beer sales can’t exceed 30 percent of a restaurant’s revenue.

What’s especially funny—okay, or sad—is that the Utah legislature seems surprised to realize this is part of the law they passed.

No one seems sure whose idea this was. No one is claiming it now.

Senate president Michael Waddoups says he doesn’t know who pushed for the beer provisions. Rep. Greg Hughes says he’s not sure the law is “what we envisioned it to be.”

What???

Well, visualize this, Utah lawmakers: businesses choosing not to open in Utah. Restaurants deciding not to grow their business in Utah. Tourists choosing not to come to Utah. Fewer jobs in Utah.

News like this makes me feel like having a beer for breakfast. You with me?

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Michael Arata at the House Gallery	2 Annual FIESTA! Celebrates Mexican Heritage and Culture in Utah The Black Keys in concert with Arctic Monkeys	3 Through the Lens screening of Bully Author Melanie Thorne at the Kings English Drum and Belly Dance Workshops with Deja Mitchell The Intersections of Art and Science Exhibit	4 Charm City Devils perform at In The Venue Exhibition of "Faces" and Diane Paskett Pioneer Theatre Company's Man of La Mancha Beehive Statesman Barbershop Chorus Mark Hedengren’s The Invincibility Fable Opening Event	5 Zella day of movement at Nordstrom Tumbleweeds' Carlitos and the chance of a lifetime Mason Jennings concert at the State Room Digital Madness features Augustana and more at In the Venue The Drums, Craft Spells and Part Time perform at Urban Lounge The Drums, Craft Spells and Part Time perform at Urban Lounge The Wombats with Static Jacks and Flagship perform at Kilby Court The Wombats with Static Jacks and Flagship perform at Kilby Court Painting Glowing Flowers with Watercolor with Annette Orrock Belly Dance for the Birds Urban Bird Festival
6	7 Shooter Jennings performs at The Depot	8 Science Movie Night	9 Rosie Thomas performs at the State Room Kina Grannis at In The Venu	10 The Mundi Project's Air Performance Spy Hop Productions Annual Benefit	11 Mountain Land Design 13th annual clearance sale Recycled Art and Chalk Art Competition Deadline Author Katie Lee at Ken Sanders Rare Books	12 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: Family Art Saturdays Grammy nominee Katie Herzigs performs at The State Room Clay Walker performs benefit concert for the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund Wasatch Community Gardens presents Attack of the Heirloom Tomatoes Ring Around the Rose- Janet Gray Studios Hands-on Science Workshops with Mad Science of Greater Salt Lake City St. George's Downtown Farmer's Market
13	14 Peter Yarrow performs as a fundraiser for Peaceful Uprising Exhibition of the Students' Recycles Art Competition	15 The Mundi Project's Air Performance	16 Mickey Hart Band performs at The State Room	17 Salt Lake Magazine's Tastemakers	18 "A Birthday Present" by Duance Rygh	19 Rose Park Community Festival Students' Chalk Art Competition on the Historic Jefferson Block
20	21	22	23 Nature Sketchbook Journaling with Susan Synder	24	25 Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers with special guest Buffalo Jones	26
27 BoDeans performs at the State Room	28	29	30 Tab Benoit performs at the State Room LMFAO in concert	31

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Utah lege has a vision problem. The rest of us have a lege problem.

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