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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

City / Nightlife Liquor Board Voting on Rejects Seattle's Pitch for Later Bar Hours

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:59 AM

UPDATE: The three-member board voted this morning to reject Seattle's petition to extend liquor service hours past 2:00 a.m. by two-to-one. This is terribly expected news. More to come.

Original post below.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Slog silence to bring you the breathlessly underwhelming news that a government meeting is in progress.

But not just any government meeting, a Washington State Liquor Control Board meeting. The meeting during which we will finally find out whether the WSLCB has decided to approve Seattle's request to let individual cities petition the state for later bar hours.

I'm tap dancing on pins and needles, you guys! Call the coast guard, I've peed my pants!

The WSLCB meeting starts now and is being broadcast on TVW, but liquor officials say the late-night-boozy part of the agenda probably won't be addressed until just before 11:00 a.m. You can join me in watching the fun (and staring at the back of James Keblas's head) over here. And I'll update the post once a decision has been reached.

As I wrote in April, if this proposal dies, it dies because of opposition from statewide law enforcement agencies.

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Would love to see it pass but I wouldn't hold my breath. The police in our quasi-militarized society hold a great deal of sway...and what the boys in blue say so this will go....

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on May 30, 2012 at 10:17 AM

Oh no, I tuned in around 10:30 and they were doing new business, and then adjourned! I can't find results anywhere -- anyone watching know what happened?

Posted by icouldliveinhope on May 30, 2012 at 10:41 AM

KUOW says it's a no. Fooey.

Posted by Levislade

on May 30, 2012 at 10:41 AM

Yeah. CRANKY PANTS. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State…

Posted by icouldliveinhope on May 30, 2012 at 10:48 AM

CALLED IT!!!!

Okay but it fucking sucks shit...

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on May 30, 2012 at 12:10 PM

And the citizens of Seattle sit by and do nothing. It's just not that important to anyone to get mad and demand change. See that's how democracy works. If it's meaningful to the body politic they act. Drinking past 2am is just not that important.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on May 30, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Sweet.

Now get off my front patio with your post-bar-closing drinking parties or I'll hose you down.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on May 30, 2012 at 12:22 PM

So. Who are the no votes? How do we replace them with yes votes? And who is going to organize and lead that effort?

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on May 30, 2012 at 12:40 PM

You're kidding yourself if you think it was legitimately 2-1. They probably drew straws to determine who would be the one to vote "yes," just to give the appearance that someone on the panel was in favor of it. I see this as nothing more than a 3-0 vote against it, disguised as a split decision.

Posted by Chali2Na on May 30, 2012 at 1:15 PM