Liquor store owners face grocery clash Feb 19, 2010
Friday February 19, 2010. Lloyd Leiser Sr. first opened Leiser's Liquors in 1947 in Flushing. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Lloyd Leiser Sr. first opened Leiser's Liquors in 1947 in Flushing. Today, it is run by his son Charles, who says he is thankful he owns his property at a time when other liquor store owners fear they will lose their businesses because they cannot pay"> Feb 19, 2010
Queens Chronicle - Liquor store owners face grocery clash. Friday February 19, 2010. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Micro-distilleries gaining popularity Feb 4, 2010
Many states also have relaxed blue laws, or prohibition on Sunday liquor sales. Still, the $63 billion distilled-spirits market remains almost entirely in the hands of major producers. (AZCentral -- Business)
Despite economy, retailers take day of rest Jan 24, 2010
So-called blue laws that limited business transactions or alcohol sales were prevalent. Over the past few decades, most of those laws have become an "anachronism," Goddard said, primarily for two reasons: People became more willing to spend Sundays however they wanted. (AZCentral -- Business)
Gutless vote againstsame-sex marriage Jan 20, 2010
It wasn't all that long ago that so-called "blue laws" forbade commercial establishments from being open on "the Sabbath." Nobody wants a return to, or any perpetuation of, law-making based on somebody else's subjective interpretation of Scripture. And let's remember: It is the sanction of the state, not the church, that makes any marriage legal. (NJ.com -- Times)
Boutique booze Jan 17, 2010
Many states also have relaxed blue laws, or prohibition on Sunday liquor sales. Still, the 63 billion distilled spirits market remains almost entirely in the hands of major producers. (Montana Standard, MT)
Cerabino: Anti-alcohol crusade takes strange twist Jan 17, 2010
Since I wrote that column, blue laws like the one in Boca Raton have started to fade. Unincorporated Palm Beach County began allowing Sunday morning alcohol sales five years ago. (The Palm Beach Post)
Friday is on our minds Sunday night Jan 17, 2010
We may have lightened up over time but the Sunday "blue laws" -- named for the blue paper they were written on -- are not gone from our consciousness. Every Sunday somewhere in the United States it's still illegal to barber, bowl, play bingo, billiards or cards, gamble or sell alcohol or cars. (Albany Times Union)
Supervisors to hold public hearing on Sunday beer, wine Jan 14, 2010
A remnant of the old "Blue Laws," the Sunday ban was adopted in 1942. The prohibition was first put to the test by voters in the 1960s and was narrowly upheld in 1992 and 2001. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
