SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - In just a few days, on President's Day, all DABC stores will by law be closed.
This means no booze for Utahns or visitors to Utah.
But now, one state legislator wants to know why and she's got a new bill to open them on holidays.
11 times a year in Utah, liquor sales are deep sixed.
11 holidays when all DABC stores are closed.
According to Representative Patrice Arent,
"It doesn't make any sense."
Arent is sponsoring a bill which allows the DABC to open liquor stores on holidays.
Arent is responding to a complaint by one of her constituents who didn't understand why DABC stores are closed on holidays.
Arent shares his confusion.
She told ABC 4,
"We're closed on Veterans Day; we're closed on Martin Luther King's birthday. In Park City, does it make sense to be closed on Presidents Day when you've got skiers there?"
In addition to the three she mentioned, DABC stores are also closed on:
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
July the 4th
Pioneer Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
This bill would create a test program which would allow the DABC to open certain stores on holidays.
DABC customers we talked to said it was certainly worth giving the idea a shot.
One told us,
"Sure, I like the bill. We're in the money making business aren't we?"
Speaking of money, keeping some stores open on holidays, could raise more than an extra $100,000 dollars for the state.
Remember, some of that money goes towards school lunches.
In case you're wondering, Arent also told us,
"I don't think anyone anticipates being open on Thanksgiving or Christmas."
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