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.