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Posted: 2/22/2017 1:35:47 PM EDT
Anyone following this? It recently passed the house, and is in-progress in the senate.

http://whynotsundays.org/senate-commerce-committee
Link Posted: 2/22/2017 1:43:31 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/22/2017 2:34:45 PM EDT
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They were talking about it on the KTLK morning show.
Hopefully it passes and gov goofy signs it
Link Posted: 2/27/2017 1:13:26 PM EDT
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About damn time.  Next step, allow liquor sales in grocery stores without making people jump through the stupid separate entrance BS like at Costco/Trader Joes.  Oh and while they're at it, get rid of that god awful 3.2 crap, we're one of only 3 states left that sell it.  And they could stop nannying everyone and allow Everclear too, having to pick it up in ND is stupid (it's for a mix).
Link Posted: 2/27/2017 2:17:48 PM EDT
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The state senate is debating it now.
Fox9 Live Feed
Link Posted: 2/27/2017 2:39:10 PM EDT
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Sunday Sales passed the Senate.
Attachment Attached File
Link Posted: 2/27/2017 2:50:17 PM EDT
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Looking good! One more step in the right direction.
Link Posted: 2/28/2017 1:45:45 PM EDT
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I think they still have to reconcile the House and Senate versions and vote on the combined bill though right?
Link Posted: 3/1/2017 12:43:34 AM EDT
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Yes, the house could pass the version the senate passed with the later start time, or a committee will have to hash out an agreement and both chambers could have to vote on a compromise bill again. It isn't a done deal, but at this point I'm pretty sure it's going to happen. I don't know why these idiots introduced bills with different start times.
Link Posted: 3/1/2017 7:13:47 PM EDT
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10am vs 11am, is that the only difference?  I'd prefer 10 but whatever it's past time to just get it passed.
Link Posted: 3/1/2017 10:57:53 PM EDT
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10am vs 11am, is that the only difference?  I'd prefer 10 but whatever it's past time to just get it passed.
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Why have any open time at all in the law.
Let them open whenever the hell they want.
Link Posted: 3/2/2017 1:33:56 PM EDT
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Well that would be ideal yes but this is nanny MN we're talking about.  It's a wonder the state lets us do anything at all without some law's express permission.
Link Posted: 3/2/2017 3:24:53 PM EDT
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I fully expect that in a debate about 10:00 vs. 11:00 some rep or senator will say something about needing to be mindful of the time the Lutheran churches get out (except for those days they're having their green bean and tater tot hotdish and green jello potlucks).

Even better than Sunday sales is the news that Dogfish Head will start selling their beers here in late March.  No more road trips to Hudson to stock up.
Link Posted: 3/2/2017 4:13:53 PM EDT
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Fuck Sunday sales, this is officially a Dogfish Head thread.
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Even better than Sunday sales is the news that Dogfish Head will start selling their beers here in late March.  No more road trips to Hudson to stock up.


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Fuck Sunday sales, this is officially a Dogfish Head thread.


I know, right?  Finding a good IPA among the local craft beer is like searching for a needle in a haystack; I've been burned so much I usually just grab a sixer of good old Summit Saga.
Link Posted: 3/5/2017 12:41:30 PM EDT
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Why have any open time at all in the law.
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Agree. But that is not how legislative control freaks in Minnesota work.
Link Posted: 3/5/2017 11:37:38 PM EDT
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I still can't believe we have these stupid blue laws on books still.

There is no point... Going into a bar and getting bent is somehow "safer" than grabbing a case and sitting at home on a Sunday afternoon?
Link Posted: 3/8/2017 6:51:50 PM EDT
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careful MN, you may allow dancing soon....
Link Posted: 3/13/2017 11:15:02 AM EDT
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Looks like Surdyk's got a jump on being the first for Sunday sales.
http://www.startribune.com/surdyk-s-is-open-this-sunday-well-ahead-of-official-change-to-liquor-law/415981344/

edit: typo
Link Posted: 3/14/2017 10:15:37 AM EDT
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Looks like Surdyk's got a jump on bring the first for Sunday sales.
http://www.startribune.com/surdyk-s-is-open-this-sunday-well-ahead-of-official-change-to-liquor-law/415981344/
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Kudos for his enthusiasm and thumbing his nose at the state, but he gonna get loved tenderly.
Link Posted: 3/14/2017 10:33:41 AM EDT
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Kudos for his enthusiasm and thumbing his nose at the state, but he gonna get loved tenderly.
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Looks like Surdyk's got a jump on bring the first for Sunday sales. <img src="http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/smiley_freak.gif" />
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Kudos for his enthusiasm and thumbing his nose at the state, but he gonna get loved tenderly.


I heard from someone who would know that Surdyk (like many of the established liquor stores) opposed Sunday sales.  So it sounds like he's jumping on the bandwagon and trying to look like a good guy after realizing he was actually going to have to pay staff, utilities, etc. on Sundays anyway.
Link Posted: 3/14/2017 11:07:50 AM EDT
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Now surdyk's is getting their license pulled for 30 days in June. Surdyk shot himself (and all his employees) in the foot.
Link Posted: 3/14/2017 8:03:14 PM EDT
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open for 1 day illegally, get closed for 30 days and fined...

come here illegally, get coddled and various social programs thrown at you....
Link Posted: 3/15/2017 11:34:09 AM EDT
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http://www.startribune.com/surdyk-s-to-lose-liquor-license-for-30-days-in-july/416052964/
I wonder if it will stick.
Surdyk seems to be the kind of guy who might try to whip up some public support to make the city minions uncomfortable.
Link Posted: 3/15/2017 3:22:32 PM EDT
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The Surdyk family started their business in 1934...Interesting year, LOL.  Supposedly the Haskells family were Saint Paul bootleggers during prohibition, and they "started" their business in 1934 too.  

Surdyk would have got more style points if he did a semi-public speakeasy thing that day.
Link Posted: 3/16/2017 6:44:26 PM EDT
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open for 1 day illegally, get closed for 30 days and fined...

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It wasn't an illegal opening, it was undocumented... can't the man have a DREAM and not be punished by these racist right wingers in Minneapolis??

Link Posted: 3/21/2017 10:24:27 PM EDT
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My only problem with Sunday sales is that it just will cost more money. Sales will be spread over 7 days instead of 6 and more people(that show up irregularly at best)will have to be hired. In the end it is a lose for liquor store owners unless they are border stores.
Link Posted: 3/22/2017 12:09:58 AM EDT
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My only problem with Sunday sales is that it just will cost more money. Sales will be spread over 7 days instead of 6 and more people(that show up irregularly at best)will have to be hired. In the end it is a lose for liquor store owners unless they are border stores.
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If they don't want to be open due to slow projected sales on Sunday they have the choice not to be, that's how the free market works.
Link Posted: 3/22/2017 9:00:19 AM EDT
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I fully expect that in a debate about 10:00 vs. 11:00 some rep or senator will say something about needing to be mindful of the time the Lutheran churches get out (except for those days they're having their green bean and tater tot hotdish and green jello potlucks).

Even better than Sunday sales is the news that Dogfish Head will start selling their beers here in late March.  No more road trips to Hudson to stock up.
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Amen!  I love Dogfish head.  This is even better than Sunday sales!
Link Posted: 3/27/2017 8:59:15 AM EDT
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My only problem with Sunday sales is that it just will cost more money. Sales will be spread over 7 days instead of 6 and more people(that show up irregularly at best)will have to be hired. In the end it is a lose for liquor store owners unless they are border stores.
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Wouldnt it make sense to look at what your average sales are on each day of the week and then close on the day with the lowest average sales? The law does not state that you must be open 7 days a week, just that if you choose to you may be.
Link Posted: 3/28/2017 9:50:13 PM EDT
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There was no way the legislature would have kept that law with MN hosting the Superbowl next year.  The state would have been even more of a national laughingstock than we already are, and considering who our politicians are that would be saying something.
Link Posted: 3/30/2017 8:32:56 AM EDT
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For the Dogfish Head fans, both Red Cows (Lyndale and Selby) have 60-Minute, 90-Minute, and a few other things on tap as of last Monday.
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Spotted and bought 60 minute IPA at a liquor store in West Saint Paul.  Wife and I immediately drank it all.
Link Posted: 3/30/2017 10:41:43 PM EDT
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Spotted and bought 60 minute IPA at a liquor store in West Saint Paul.  Wife and I immediately drank it all.
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Im making a run to Boozemart in West St. Paul soon, they usually seem to have a great selection of craft beers.
Cant wait till we start seeing some this

around here
Link Posted: 4/16/2017 4:56:18 PM EDT
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At first glance...i saw JIHAD
Link Posted: 4/17/2017 9:31:44 AM EDT
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Lol, Jihad beer
"You'll loose your head over it"

Link Posted: 4/19/2017 12:14:00 PM EDT
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Minneapolis City Council rejects Surdyk's deal, insists on tougher penalty
A 10-day suspension of Surdyk’s liquor license and $6,000 fine are not stiff enough penalties after Surdyk opened his northeast Minneapolis shop on Sunday, March 12 , a council committee said. Committee members ordered city staff to negotiate a more severe punishment.
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Link Posted: 5/25/2017 5:36:39 PM EDT
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A Minneapolis City Council committee on Tuesday approved a $50,000 fine and three-day liquor license suspension for Jim Surdyk ... his northeast Minneapolis liquor store must be closed on three Sundays — July 2, 9 and 16.
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http://www.startribune.com/vote-on-surdyk-s-deal-to-come-this-afternoon-at-city-hall/422534694/
Seems reasonable.
Link Posted: 5/30/2017 5:58:39 PM EDT
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for selling a legal product...just on the "wrong" day....
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