your choice colorado
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Truce called in battle over beer, wine sales in grocery stores
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The backers of a November ballot initiative to allow wine and full-strength beer sales in Colorado grocery stores said Friday they are halting their petition drive and instead will work to operate under a compromise law signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in June. “With the legislation now in affect, we are working diligently to figure…
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Guv bites bullet, signs beer bill to end liquor-retail war
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday bit the bullet and signed a bill that will allow grocery stores in Colorado to sell full strength beer and wine for the first time since 1933, the year Prohibition was lifted and put a period mark on the era of blind tiger gin joints and bootleg empires. Hickenlooper didn’t…
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Former brewer Hickenlooper weighs grocery store beer, wine sales
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A co-founder of Colorado’s first brewpub, Gov. John Hickenlooper has a tough call to make in this year’s politically-charged alcohol debate. He must decide whether or not to give his executive approval to a bi-partisan bill passed by the legislature that proponents say would protect mom-and-pop liquor stores from having their businesses overrun by out-of-state grocery corporations.…
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The great alcohol war compromise of 2016 passes Legislature, but is it enough?
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After its last-minute passage on the final day of Colorado’s legislative session, a compromise plan to put full-strength beer in Colorado grocery stores and drugstores by 2037 is on its way to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk. The complicated bill, Senate Bill 197, sponsored by Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, and Reps. Dan Nordberg, R-Colorado Springs, and Angela Williams,…
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Hullinghorst on supermarket beer debate: ‘I’m with the little guys’
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The two top Democrats at the Capitol agree: They want to keep full-strength beer out of the supermarkets and on the shelves of small liquor stores. “I think it’s sort of the big guys versus the little guys right now — and of course I’m a Democrat, so I’m for the little guy,” said Speaker…
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Beer brawl continues to brew
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An initiative is headed to the November ballot to “modernize” Colorado’s liquor licensing and alcohol industry, allowing grocery stores and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine if passed by the voters. The measure would end Colorado’s 83-year rule that allows only 3.2 percent alcohol to be sold at such stores. Proponents of the initiative…
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The Hot Sheet, March 8, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Tuesday, March 8, 2016DENVER — In case you didn’t turn on any device yesterday, Michael Bloomberg will not be seeking a third party (or any) run for the presidency in 2016. Oh yes, and all the five of the Republican’s gun bills were smothered in House State…
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Blickensderfer: State residents deserve Your Choice Colorado
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One of the things I enjoyed about serving in the Colorado General Assembly was being a part of a true citizen legislature. While we worked on issues important to Colorado citizens, we also had roots in our communities through our jobs, schools and community commitments. It kept us grounded to the things that matter and focused on forward…
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Toltz: Nothing progressive about letting giant chains sell full-strength beer, wine
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My friend Laura Chapin wrote recently of her support as a progressive for changing Colorado’s law to allow the sale of full-strength beer and wine in grocery stores. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the least bit progressive in allowing some of America’s largest companies, including Walmart, Safeway and Kroger, to stock wine and beer after…
