Well, it looks like Jake and I won’t have to start a Plumbing Blog anytime soon. “Wrenches And Pipes“ will just have to wait, as it looks like we can retain our current careers.
The City Of Vancouver has yanked the bill which would have effectively decimated the wine industry in Vancouver with a pretty-much two word explanation that be thrown up there alongside of the we-knew-it-was-wrong-but-thought-we-could-get-away-with-it nature of “wardrobe mafunction”.
Yup, it all comes down to :
“unintended consequence”
I think a little celebration’s in order!
City reconsiders liquor bylaw that would have hurt Bono’s party
By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun
Diners may not have to worry about being denied a $50 bottle of wine in Vancouver because they only ordered a hamburger.
The City of Vancouver has withdrawn a bylaw that contained a provision limiting alcohol sales to no more than 50 per cent of overall receipts, NPA Councillor Suzanne Anton said Monday.
She said councillors received an e-mail from city staff informing them the bylaw would not be on the agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting. Withdrawing the bylaw means that council will have time to re-consider it, she said.
“Clearly it needs to be re-considered and this gives us the opportunity. I am guessing not too many people are going to want to shut down a restaurant for serving a cheap hamburger and an expensive bottle of wine.”
The bylaw would put virtually every high-end restaurant in the city at risk of being shut down for violating the law.
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2 Responses:
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Good, now to get the BC Government to drop its wine tax, and we would be like Hong Kong, wine auctions up the Kazoo!
November 4th, 2009 at 10:08 am
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