Pub crawls banned in Rhode Island. . .what's next party buses banned in Tempe?
Just read a crazy newspaper articlewhere they actually have banned "pub crawls" in Providence, Rhode Island on Thursday 6/11/09 House lawmakers approved the bill by a razor-thin 35-33 vote.
Five years ago, sadly, Fairfield University's valedictorian Francis Marx was run over by a bus when he was allegedly pushed into the street by three other University of Rhode Island students while they got into an altercation.
Rep. Crowley from Rhode Island has been working with URI and President Robert Carothers to change the school from a "party school" to a respectable educational institution. The pub crawl ban was part of this plan.
The pub crawl ban was added to an existing law banning bars and restaurants with liquor licenses from advertising certain promotions such as happy hour or two-for-one nights, Crowley said. The law entitles each town to deal with establishments that break this rule in their own way.
"Licensees can't participate in pub crawls," Crowley said. "If they do, this law gives each town the authority to call that licensee into a council and possibly revoke their liquor license."
Hmmm. . . sounds very similar to the reputation of ASU - as a "party school". Is some incident going to cause lawmakers here in AZ to outlaw bar hopping or "pub crawls" - especially in the Tempe area area (close to ASU)? As a limo company we certainly hope not! Bar hopping is the crux of our night-on-the-town business!
What do you think? Do you think the lawmakers in Rhode Island had a right to outlaw organized pub crawls? Isn't it about personal responsibility to not get overly intoxicated and get into drunken brawls too?
