If you want to do any­thing about the pro­pos­al to extend the liquor ban to cov­er the whole city 24/7, get your sub­mis­sion in now.

To recap: the pro­pos­al is to ban car­ry­ing or drink­ing alco­hol in any pub­lic place in the city. This is meant to deal with the prob­lem of anti­so­cial drink­ers in places like the middle of New­town, but it’s a very broad dra­coni­an meas­ure. Advoc­ates say not to worry, because you can trust the police to use their dis­cre­tion wisely. Some of us think that the right approach would be a bit more nuanced and involve actu­ally enga­ging dir­ectly with the prob­lem of street alco­hol­ics rather than mak­ing all cit­izens who want a beer on the beach or a glass of wine at a pic­nic poten­tial crim­in­als.

Away you go!

Pre­vi­ously on the Wel­ling­tonista.