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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Something I Was Curious About
A Public Notice in the newspaper announced a hearing on a liquor license at the local university.
So I went to the web, found a phone number, and called up the State Liquor Enforcement office to find out what was going on.
A nice lady explained that the State was handling the license because the CSU-P is state-owned property and the local government (City of Pueblo) had decided to opt out of licensing liquor serving on state property. Which makes sense when you realize that includes the State Fair grounds and the local liquor board would be inundated every year with requests for special licenses, along with complaints from folks who didn’t get theirs because they didn’t apply in time. Anyway, she said she would have preferred to have had the hearing in Pueblo. It is scheduled for the state office in Lakewood.
Apparently someone wants to open a cafe on the campus, and serve alcohol.
Anyway, the nice lady explained the hearing process and said that the applicant would have to present a “need” for the liquor license in the neighborhood.