Kevintsheehy wrote:
> notbob wrote (12/29/2004)
>
>> Oregon is one of the coolest states I've ever lived in. Truly
>> progressive. Makes CA look positively right-wing. But, their liquor
>> laws are truly Draconian. Almost as bad as The South.
>
> Agreed. In many ways, Oregon's a great place to live, but the
> liquor laws are backwards for a place that's otherwise relatively
> liberal. Two recent changes, the project to test liquor sales in
> supermarkets which I mentioned before and optional Sunday
> opening for liquor stores represent the only relaxing of the rules
> I can remember in the last 30 years. Liquor store operators oppose
> supermarket sales. Relatively few outlets open on Sunday, mostly
> because there's not enough business.

When John and I were in the Quad Cities area (Davenport/Bettendorf, Iowa and
across the river, Moline and Rock Island, Illinois) we went to great lengths
to find a liquor store. He was under the impression we couldn't buy liquor
in that part of Iowa, and indeed, we did not see a liquor store. We must
have crossed the bridges 3 times searching for a store he remembered in
Illinois. Then one of his patrons said, "You do know you can buy liquor and
wine at the grocery store just down the street from where you are staying?"
Could have knocked us over with a feather!

Jill