Don't cry for me Iowa City.........

[CycloneYoda]

.......I'm already dead.

City turns down the Summit's exemption | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen


50.04%? Are you kidding me? Irresponsible owners are trying every loophole possible to continue to fight for their right to allow illegal activity in their establishments.

Nice try, Summit. Maybe you should raise the prices of nachos to $400.

[maintain242001]

it'll get reversed in four months anyways

[CycloneYoda]

it'll get reversed in four months anyways

I'm not so sure this time around. The townies are mobilizing for this one. They have Kirk Ferentz behind them. He's kinda popular.


Hopefully some of these places go under before November.

[besserheimerphat]

I was in IC visiting the in-laws over the Fourth, and there was an article in the Press Citizen talking about the under-age issue. Apparently the city is campaigning hard to keep the >21 ordinance, and they got Ferentz to say that he AGREED with it and encouraged people to support the ordinance when it comes up on appeal/review/whatever it is officially. So Kirk wants to keep kids out of the bars... This could set up an interesting dynamic with the football program. Will voters (college kids) follow Kirk's request to ban themselves from bars?

[CycloneYoda]

I was in IC visiting the in-laws over the Fourth, and there was an article in the Press Citizen talking about the under-age issue. Apparently the city is campaigning hard to keep the >21 ordinance, and they got Ferentz to say that he AGREED with it and encouraged people to support the ordinance when it comes up on appeal/review/whatever it is officially. So Kirk wants to keep kids out of the bars... This could set up an interesting dynamic with the football program. Will voters (college kids) follow Kirk's request to ban themselves from bars?

Most likely, he wants to keep his football team out of jail this year.

[besserheimerphat]

Yoda, I agree and I'm curious how the underage kids on the team feel about Coach putting them at higher risk for arrest when they will most likely still be going to the bars after 10PM.

[kingcy]

Most likely, he wants to keep his football team out of jail this year.

They will still get into bars. They have this summer. This law will mean more arrests for his FB team.

[CycloneYoda]

Yoda, I agree and I'm curious how the underage kids on the team feel about Coach putting them at higher risk for arrest when they will most likely still be going to the bars after 10PM.

I wonder what the effect will be on the total student population. You see, EIU has an enormous amount of Illinois suburban-expats that choose Iowa because they are to dumb to meet University of Illinois admission requirements. They come to Iowa because it is close to home and they can drink like fish in IC. Will future generations choose Wisconsin?

[dmclone]

Why don't they just lower the drinking age to 19? I've never know a person who drank at 21 but didn't at 19. This law is really a joke.

[CycloneYoda]

Why don't they just lower the drinking age to 19? I've never know a person who drank at 21 but didn't at 19. This law is really a joke.

The laws are a joke. But until they are changed, I fully expect "responsible" business owners to abide by the laws instead of continuing to find ways around them.

[ornryactor]

They will still get into bars. They have this summer. This law will mean more arrests for his FB team.

Nope, the has already been in effect for about 3 weeks now. It'll be up for vote in November, but it's law until then. I'm not saying they won't get into bars (it's Iowa City- nobody follows the law there unless there's a cop in the room, and maybe not even then) but it won't be legally.

[HawkFanISUalum]

Nope, the has already been in effect for about 3 weeks now. It'll be up for vote in November, but it's law until then. I'm not saying they won't get into bars (it's Iowa City- nobody follows the law there unless there's a cop in the room, and maybe not even then) but it won't be legally.

I think he meant that they have already been getting into bars this summer, even with the ordinance in affect.

At least that's that way I read it.

[alarson]

The laws are a joke. But until they are changed, I fully expect "responsible" business owners to abide by the laws instead of continuing to find ways around them.

The 21 law is only there because the state was forced into it under threat of losing federal highway money. If the state, or local governments want to find ways around this law that was forced upon us from washington, by making it de facto ok to drink over 18 in that area, I am perfectly fine with this.

[thatguy]

The laws are a joke. But until they are changed, I fully expect "responsible" business owners to abide by the laws instead of continuing to find ways around them.

Bar owners are pretty far down the scale of "responsible business owners"

[Frak]

.......I'm already dead.

City turns down the Summit's exemption | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen


50.04%? Are you kidding me? Irresponsible owners are trying every loophole possible to continue to fight for their right to allow illegal activity in their establishments.

Nice try, Summit. Maybe you should raise the prices of nachos to $400.

OK, having read that article, why would they need to hand out exemptions at all? The minors are able to be in those places until 10pm...who orders food after that? I mean, the Airliner got an exemption? I haven't spent a ton of time in IC, but isn't that one of the two biggest bars there? Did they hand out an exemption to the Union too?

To me, it seems pretty obvious what is a bar and what is a restaurant. Sports bars can be in the grey area a little I guess. Places like Old Chicago, BWW, Okoboji Grill, Wallaby's...they are restaurants with a bar inside. Places like Peoples (RIP), Whiskey River (RIP), Welch Ave Station are bars that serve pub grub and apps. But at pretty much all the restaurants, they stop serving real food by 10pm anyway.