Comments on: Save the Pubs! The Whales Are All Right.

By: CJ Wolfe

CJ Wolfe — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:12:30 +0000

More Beer regulations are being pushed in the Czech republic too. The health minister there wants to set the price of water lower than beer in bars. Damn the buerocratic managers, this must stop!: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324039504578260013720445452.html#slide/1

By: Save the Pubs! The Whales Are All Right. – First Things (blog) | Whales

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:25:10 +0000

[...] Save the Pubs! The Whales Are All Right.First Things (blog)Here's a classic case of local interests pitted against national administrative despots: some Irish locals want to moderate the drunk driving laws, because the practical effect they have is to keep older rural citizens isolated in their homes at night … [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:20:34 +0000

I know it’s not THE answer, but can’t these places just stop enforcing “drunk driving” laws, unless the instance involves clear and obvious public danger?

By: Colin Brown

Colin Brown — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:55:19 +0000

I wonder if some sort of local public transportation system would work here. There could literally be busloads of people arriving at the pubs. And if these were owned and operated by the towns/villages/whatever-form-of-local-governance, it might also provide revenue that isn’t seen as more taxation.
Of course, it all depends on 1) the size of the locality and 2) how far out from town these rural citizens are.

Also, speaking of St.Paul/Minneapolis bands….what about Craig Finn/The Hold Steady?