 TABC Stings Temporarily Suspended |
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 Apr 13 2006, 10:23 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20  |
State suspends public intoxication stings
QUOTE The state's alcohol authorities have put a temporary halt to the arrests of drunks in Texas bars.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Administrator Alan Steen notified a legislative committee this week that the agency is suspending the controversial program known as Operation Last Call for further review. "I still feel strongly that this is a sound program with positive implications,'' Steen wrote in Tuesday letter to state Rep. Ismael "Kino'' Flores, chairman of the House Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures. ``However, I have asked our Enforcement Division to delay these operations until the hearing before your committee next week.'' The decision came two days after the Houston Chronicle reported that more than two-thirds of 1,740 arrests for public intoxication in Texas bars occurred in small towns with populations 150,000 or less. TABC stepped up arrests last September at the request of lawmakers, who approved funding for 120 new staffers including 59 new agents. By arresting more drunks in bars, the agency had hoped to reduce the number of drunken drivers on Texas roads. Each year, about 1,600 people are killed by drunk drivers in Texas, TABC reports. Steen wrote that he will recommend to the agency's commissioners on Monday that TABC "take a few steps back to re-evaluate the program beyond that date.'' TABC spokeswoman Carolyn Beck said the suspension will give the agency time to complete its own internal investigation of the program and evaluate criticism of the program. "We feel like it's in everbody's best interest,'' she said. -------------------- Beers that I have had, updated July 5th, 2009: 1,548
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Apr 13 2006, 10:28 AM
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they realized we're not gonna put up with that shit
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Apr 13 2006, 10:37 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 26-February 06 From: here? Member No.: 88 |
heard there are moves to do away with much of the TABC. they havent bothered me yet but i know they screw lubbock
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Apr 13 2006, 10:58 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
yeah lubbock, that dry county, is probably on their short list. i think you're fine.
still, they're retarded and irrational, trying to justify their hiring of 60 new officers last year, and pissing people off is how they've decided to go about it. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Apr 13 2006, 12:14 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
werent they arresting people if they had more than three drinks?
thats just what I heard. I dont know if thats true though. I know I can even handle three drinks and still be fine. |
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Apr 13 2006, 03:00 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Apr 13 2006, 01:14 PM) werent they arresting people if they had more than three drinks? thats just what I heard. I dont know if thats true though. I know I can even handle three drinks and still be fine. 4 drinks for a 170lb guy is enough to surpass the .08% limit. i've never met you, but you look considerably smaller than that. |
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Apr 13 2006, 03:24 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Apr 13 2006, 03:00 PM) 4 drinks for a 170lb guy is enough to surpass the .08% limit. i've never met you, but you look considerably smaller than that. The main problem, as I understand it, is that they were arresting people even at hotel bars, where the people drinking there weren't going to be driving. This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Apr 13 2006, 03:25 PM -------------------- |
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Apr 13 2006, 03:56 PM
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monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Apr 13 2006, 04:24 PM) The main problem, as I understand it, is that they were arresting people even at hotel bars, where the people drinking there weren't going to be driving. well i don't agree with what they were doing. i was just saying that she would probably be considered legally drunk after 3 drinks |
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Apr 13 2006, 04:24 PM
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 ROCKPACALYPSE NOW Group: Members Posts: 1,519 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 13 |
QUOTE (Jwilly @ Apr 13 2006, 11:37 AM) heard there are moves to do away with much of the TABC. they havent bothered me yet but i know they screw lubbock Every so often the TABC is put under a review of sorts to see if they are a necessary agency. And Zetec....Lubbock is definately on watch from the TABC. About 2.5 years ago they really started cracking down. Bartenders got arrested, people got arrested, yadda yadda. I don't know if its the same today, but for the whole time I worked at Crickets the managers were always a bit paranoid. -------------------- QUOTE (Lance) now we have some dude from argentina wondering how to fuck dogmeat |
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Apr 13 2006, 04:35 PM
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yeah we had bartenders at klusoz get arrested and pay some fuckin hefty ass fines.
I know that made dave paranoid about it at crickets. wait...wasn't dave one of the dudes arrested? fuck I forget... |
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Apr 13 2006, 04:40 PM
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ROCKPACALYPSE NOW Group: Members Posts: 1,519 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 13 |
"IS YOUR PUSSY SHAVED ?"
Ahhh dave. -------------------- QUOTE (Lance) now we have some dude from argentina wondering how to fuck dogmeat |
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Apr 13 2006, 04:47 PM
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yeah...that was classy...
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Apr 13 2006, 11:58 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE (zetec @ Apr 13 2006, 10:58 AM) yeah lubbock, that dry county, is probably on their short list. i think you're fine. still, they're retarded and irrational, trying to justify their hiring of 60 new officers last year, and pissing people off is how they've decided to go about it. but lubbock still has bars anyway, bout time someone finally said 'this is fuckin stupid' -------------------- |
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