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Ohio Senate seeks 4 a.m. booze sales in Cleveland during RNC
Northeast Ohio Media Group ^ | June 11, 2015 | Jeremy Pelzer

Posted on 06/12/2015 4:54:18 AM PDT by bigcat32

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County bars and restaurants catering to Republican National Convention delegates next summer would be allowed to serve beer and alcohol until 4 a.m., under language added to the Ohio Senate's budget plan.

The provision, still under debate, would allow local officials to issue waivers for businesses to continue booze sales past the usual 2:30 a.m. cutoff time during the convention, scheduled for July 18-21, 2016.

If passed, Cleveland would only grant such waivers to a "very limited" number of businesses that are likely to be frequented by large numbers of conventioneers, such as bars in hotels where Republican delegates are staying, according to Alesha Washington of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, which backs the idea.

Liquor license holders would have to apply for a waiver at least 120 days in advance, under the proposal.

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
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1 posted on 06/12/2015 4:54:18 AM PDT by bigcat32
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To: bigcat32

Who cares about the GOP and their drunken, whoring,
lying, SOP?

After continuing to impose ObamaCARE and now
the odious Trade Agreement which the GOP promised
to stop, the GOP has now committed suicide.


2 posted on 06/12/2015 4:57:36 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: bigcat32

—If passed, Cleveland would only grant such waivers to a “very limited” number of businesses that are likely to be frequented by large numbers of conventioneers,—

Sounds like crony capitalism to me. Why not everybody?

How about the brothels and prostitutes? Do they get a temporary waiver from prosecution for being a ‘likely’ Republican meeting place?


3 posted on 06/12/2015 4:59:49 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Paulie

WHAT COULD GO WRONG???


4 posted on 06/12/2015 5:08:05 AM PDT by grania
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To: bigcat32

I’ll be drowning my sorrows with booze after the convention.


5 posted on 06/12/2015 5:08:55 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: bigcat32

That’s sad...


6 posted on 06/12/2015 5:10:04 AM PDT by ~Vor~
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To: bigcat32

Typical of Rube Goldberg-esque government dysfunction, these clowns think to pass special legislation before they think of the mini-bars in their hotel rooms...


7 posted on 06/12/2015 5:12:36 AM PDT by golux
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To: Paulie

It sounds like a violation of the 14th amendment to me...


8 posted on 06/12/2015 5:12:39 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: bigcat32

Special rules for the special people of the GOPe.

And people wonder why the Republican Party is viewed by the American people as a big collection of hypocrites and buffoons.


9 posted on 06/12/2015 5:12:55 AM PDT by Menthops (If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
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To: Diogenesis

All true.

But why not let the bars in Ohio, and the state of Ohio, profit from their demise?


10 posted on 06/12/2015 5:13:53 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: Menthops

Death of a Clown - The Kinks

My makeup is dry and it clags ‘round my chin
I’m drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin
The lion tamers whip doesn’t crack anymore
The lions they won’t fight and the tigers won’t roar

So, let’s all drink to the death of a clown
Won’t someone help me to break up this crown
Let’s all drink to the death of a clown
Let’s all drink to the death of a clown

The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
And frantically looking for runaway fleas

Let’s all drink to the death of a clown
So, won’t someone help me to break up this crown
Let’s all drink to the death of a clown
Let’s all drink to the death of a clown


11 posted on 06/12/2015 5:15:42 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: WayneS

What difference does it make?


12 posted on 06/12/2015 5:17:28 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: bigcat32

GOP called me last night asking for money. I told them to quit calling.


13 posted on 06/12/2015 5:23:50 AM PDT by meyer (There is no political solution to this troubling evolution...)
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FBI aware of up to three sex assault victims in Hastert case

Dear Cleveland,

You might want to keep your teenage (and younger) boys

off the street and out of sight, while the GOP is in town.

14 posted on 06/12/2015 5:24:30 AM PDT by greedo
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To: bigcat32

Let them drink low beer only! 3.2% all the way! Bastards!


15 posted on 06/12/2015 5:26:10 AM PDT by W. (Animals are much stupider since Noah's Ark, because of inbreeding.--Oglaf)
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To: bigcat32

If the GOP were smart (which they’re not), they’d hold their convention at sea.


16 posted on 06/12/2015 6:14:44 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: bigcat32

Bartenders know: Democrats spend...Republicans tip!


17 posted on 06/12/2015 6:22:13 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: bigcat32
Election: 2016

The Bolshevik Partisans vs. The Cast of The Drew Carey Show


18 posted on 06/12/2015 6:50:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: bigcat32

The simple fact of considering such legislation is an admission that our political class considers themselves a ruling class! When enough people wake up, things will get ugly....


19 posted on 06/12/2015 7:06:56 AM PDT by CSM
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