The Madison City Commission will approve twenty liquor licenses on Monday night. That's one place to buy alcohol for every 320 people. The commission will then take up regulations to ensure that our well-lubricated residents can watch men (and women?)…
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My distaste for the college fraternity system stems from deep suspicion of hierarchical exclusivity. These good-old-boy networks in training seem to thrive on demeaning new members and non-members. But I'm lucky. I went to SDSU, where the Greek presence was…
Still no really juicy stuff in the Legislative hopper. A few of the new bills that have popped up in the last 24 hours: Senate Bill 17 would take property leased by the Science and Technology Authority for certain purposes…
Beer worth $1000? Let's hope that's what firefighter Scott Johnson and other Madison devotees of barley pop are asking themselves following Johnson's DUI sentencing yesterday. Judge Tim Tucker refrained from giving jail time, but he slapped Johnson with nearly $1000…
Remember Scott Johnson, the Madison fireman arrested in September for driving the firetruck drunk? His case provoked all sorts of awkward conversation and exposed some ugly attitudes about alcohol in our fair community. But Johnson's case appears not to have…