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Majority of Utahns wants to scrap state’s monopoly on booze

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https://www.sltrib.com/news/3436742-155/majority-of-utahns-wants-to-scrap

In the survey, conducted for The Salt Lake Tribune and Hinckley Institute of Politics, 57 percent of respondents were in favor of liquor privatization, while 34 percent wanted to keep the current state-run monopoly in place. Nine percent were undecided.

When religious affiliations are considered, 45 percent of Mormons — who believe in abstention from alcohol — were in favor of privatization, while 46 percent were opposed, according to the survey. Conversely, 75 percent of non-Mormons wanted private sales of liquor, compared with 18 percent who didn't.
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Let's get this done! Who wants to start the ballot initiative?
 
I'm for it. I want state control of booze to end. Absolutely.
 
I think customer service will be a pro. As it is the state run liquor store isn't geared toward customer service, although you can get decent service from time to time.

Cold beer would be another big pro.

Possibly getting beers not currently available. Not sure that would go hand-in-hand with privatization, but it could.

Stocking based on consumer demand. The centralized ordering system has been terrible.

Cons, I don't think it will greatly increase locations as I assume the current zoning regulations will remain in effect.

The state run stores actually have good selection. I've bought stuff in the boarder towns and they just have a bunch of the most standard stuff, especially beer. I looked for sake in Evanston and Wendover and they either had none or the most generic type of gekkeikan.

Prices will not go down, they might even go up. I'm sure the state will continue to take a huge slice.

And this might not matter to many people, but there is a certain hypocrisy in opposing the use of alcohol and running the stores that provide it.
 
I actually don't mind the state liquor stores that much. They should just start selling weed there as well.
 
It's dumb. St. George can't get a Trader Joe's because of it. It's stupid you can't buy a bottle of freaking wine while at the grocery store.
The 3.2% needs to go away too. How dumb. Okay, bartender, I was going to order a beer but I guess I will just take some tequila instead.
 
I am currently making progress working on an exception for a resort hotel we are looking to build. As long as you are a guest of the hotel and ordering drinks at the hotel, you don't need to order food.
And that's taken two years just to get them to seriously listen to the logic.
 
I also hate how you cannot have some drinks and stuff ordered online delivered to Utah. The liquor laws in Utah are terrible.
 
franklin said:
How about they stay open past 7 o'clock, and have more than 2 serving 600,000 residents of the Provo-Orem metro. I rarely go to the LQ because it's a huge pain in the ***.
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Lucky for us in the SL valley they stay open until 10pm.

And while we have a few around any pre-holiday shopping day is ****ing bananas.

I'd hope if they went private then we could buy wine at Trader Joe's and liquor at Costco, but I doubt that's what privatization would actually mean. I figure it'd be the same 4%abv limit at retail stores and on draft beer, and private liquor/wine/"strong" beer stores.

Personally what I'd like to see the most is dropping the 4%abv (3.2%abw... the scale that is never ever used except to describe "utah" beer) restriction.
 
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