The editorial, "Proposed liquor license increase would not negatively impact public safety" (June 20), states that Utah would use the fee increase to step up its monitoring of compliance and to increase DUI enforcement.
That sounds like an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff rather than a fence at the top.
Gene Speakman
Mount Pleasant
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"That sounds like an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff rather than a fence at the top."
Putting a fence at the top sounds like preventing alcohol sales. Preventing alcohol sales sounds like shredding the Constitution.
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Nobody's jumping off the cliff, Gene. If you don't want a beer, don't have one. The sky is not falling.
Fair point, but what happened to the idea of personal rights and responsibility? Interesting how these principles get tossed depending on the issue and the viewpoint of the person.