East Baton Rouge Passes Ordinance Extending Liquor License Process for Protest
The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council adopted a new ordinance to the city code Wednesday that makes it easier for residents to voice their concerns when businesses apply for liquor licenses in their area.
Councilwoman Tara Wicker, one of the amendment's authors, said the changes aren't necessarily designed to make it harder for a liquor store to set up shop in parish neighborhoods but rather places power back into the hands of citizens concerned about an oversaturation of liquor stores.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune. Read full article. (link)
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"risk of local overconcentration of liquor outlets"
Seeing as they sell liquor out of almost any and evey business in LA I suspect this has more to do with protecting existing businesses from competition rather than the trendy blight of "food deserts" they're whining about.