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Originally Posted by pootsy  Well I know that alot of bar owners have been trying to get this law abolished for years with no luck. So if Patty and Donny get er done, than congrats to them and all the ones before them that tried. Why don't you Vinny with all your important PR work and sliming your way into everything, why don't you get er done?? |
It's not easy to amend a Constitutional amendment and that's what's been done ever since Cary Nation's 1880 amendment to our constitution (92,302 to 84,304) that brought prohibition to Kansas.
Fast forward to 1948 and the Constitution was amended (422,294 to 358,310) to allow for package liquor sales; but it forever prohibited the 'open saloon' in Kansas.
Creep forward to 1949 when Kansas passed a Liquor Control Act that created the ABC and liquor stores were born... but no open saloon.
Jump forward to modern times (1986) when the amendment was amended (422,294 to 358,310) and you will see that we still don't have 'open saloons' but we have 'restaurants' that can serve liquor by the drink provided their gross revenue is at least 30% in food sales...
which Donny G's doesn't have BUT could have if they were knowledgable and successful in the business.
Does this make sense?
Food sales = restaurant. No food sales = saloon = private saloon cuz we can't have open saloons.
It's not just a law, it's part of our constitution which requires a state-wide vote to change.