Ravenwood - 10/25/04 06:15 AM
Washington DC's Ward 4 has banned the sale of "tall boys" and "40s". Merchants have until November 14 to sell through their stock of the large single serving beer cans and bottles.
Hope and other poor residents in the area say the law discriminates against them, adding to the gentrification that is steadily pushing them out of the city. But homeowners and shopkeepers say keeping beer out of the hands of such people will reduce public drunkenness and loitering, and clean up sidewalks.Just what D.C. needs; another ban. Look for the failure of this initiative to be blamed on illegal beer running from neighboring Wards, Virginia, and Maryland.Ernie Jarvis, 42, a commercial real estate broker who has lived in Ward 4 all his life, said 40s are "poison to this community."
Category: Pleasure Police
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"Such people?" Isn't that term just a tad condescending?
Guess I won't be able to buy my favorite beer-Arrogant Bastard Ale from Stone Brewing (www.stonebrewing.com) in Ward 4. It only comes in 22 oz bottles.
Posted by: Heartless Libertarian at October 25, 2004 8:59 AMNormally I would laugh at this type of attempted behavior modification but given the average intelligence level among DC residents, I am reluctant to be too sneering of these efforts. There must be some politically correct explanation for the general ignorance of DC residents shown in their reelecting a public crackhead and felon as mayor and then Ward officer in the nation's capitol. Attacking a specific size container of beer will have to do for now.
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