Ritter to sign Sunday liquor sales bill
By Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published April 10, 2008 at 3:43 p.m.
Updated April 10, 2008 at 3:43 p.m.
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Seventy-five years after the repeal of Prohibition, Colorado is set to repeal a Prohibition-era “blue law” that banned Sunday sales of liquor.
Gov. Bill Ritter has scheduled a signing ceremony Monday for a bill that allows liquor stores to open on Sunday, said Wil Alston, a spokesman for the governor.
The law — which state legislators passed easily — is set to take effect July 1.
Grocery and convenience store owners had urged Ritter to veto the bill, arguing it would hurt their sales of low-strength 3.2 percent alcohol beer. Most sales of “3.2” beer occur on Sunday.
Bill sponsor Rep. Cheri Jahn , D-Wheat Ridge, called the repeal of the Sunday liquor ban long overdue.
“It’s a law that’s antiquated,” she said.
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