It seems grossly unfair to single out anyone for thanks, as passing our bill was such a huge collaborative effort, but I felt that certain people were deserving of being singled out. * Birmingham Beverage have been 100% behind us since we were founded. Even in the dark days of the 6% limit, they sought [...]
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Keep calling the Governor’s office
We still need you to call the Governor’s office. The response so far has been nothing short of phenomenal, but please don’t think we can take the pressure off yet: Governor Riley has until Monday 25th May to decide whether to allow or veto the bill (you read correctly – AL’s constitution takes no notice [...]
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Incorrect information in FTH blog post
In an earlier blog post, Dan Roberts was quoted to explain the situation in the state senate. Specifically, he was quoted to explain the reason why Phil Poole had been filibustering earlier in the session. At the time, we assumed Dan was giving an objective summary of the situation. We were simply trying to keep [...]
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Contact your senator today!
Unfortunately, the Senate is up to its old tricks again this year. Once again, they are regularly deadlocking themselves in filibusters and voting on little to no legislation. We are in the final weeks of the legislative session, and our bill is still sitting there waiting for them to get some work done. All they [...]
HB373 passes the House
By a comfortable margin – 49 to 37. Next up, we need a functional senate!
HB373 Passes House Committee
Yesterday a group of us went to the Alabama legislature to make our case in the Travel & Tourism committee as to why our bill deserves to pass out of committee. As you may already be aware, the committee voted unanimously to allow our bill to head to the floor of the House (on a [...]
The Gourmet Beer Bills 2009
We now have bills in front of the legislature. The House Gourmet Beer Bill is HB373, sponsored by Representative Thomas Jackson, who has been our bill sponsor in the House on each occasion. The Senate Gourmet Beer Bill is SB132, now sponsored by Senator Singleton as our former Senate sponsor, Senator Parker Griffith, was elected [...]
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Repeal day
Today, the 5th of December, is the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The 21st Amendment repealed the dismal failure that was Prohibition. While this is a cause for celebration, there are still three states in the USA that are dealing with the consequences of [...]
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Why does Free the Hops need volunteers?
I had an example of that today. Free the Hops had a presence at ‘Uncorked on the Green’ at Ross Bridge. The event as a whole was projected to draw up to 3000 people to hear about wine, beer and food while being entertained with live music. The beer tents were staffed by Free the [...]
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