Liberty's Blog: TABC Arrest a Drunk Program on Hold

Friday, April 14, 2006

TABC Arrest a Drunk Program on Hold

The TABC has decided to suspend its program to go into bars and find drunks to arrest.

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.

The problem is, these idiots are only doing so because they being pressured by the legislature. Steen goes on to defend the program.

"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 program suposedly about preventing drunk drivers. The strange thing though is that many of the arrested were at hotel bars where the patrons were registered as guest.

If there were ever an agency that needs an adminstration change and has too large of a budget this is it. This is the type of thing that happens when you have a legislature that throws money away.