Still, there are more flaws with the proposed Keg Ordinance.

At the forum March 24, Story County Attorney Steven Holmes was asked just how many cases existed where they were searching for a provider of alcohol and were unable to find the purchaser. He said that during the last three years there had been two. Both cases were not filed until after the one- year requirement for holding the registration had passed, making the law useless in this case. When asked why this was, Holmes stated that it takes a long time for these cases to be brought to court. Does anyone else see a problem here? This ordinance will do nothing to aid law enforcement for the reasons that are being used to draft the bill.

It is becoming more and more evident that this keg ordinance is only being written to make city residents and city, county and ISU officials happy, while doing nothing more than overlapping laws that cover everything this ordinance wants to accomplish. All we need to do is enforce these laws and there would be no need for such an ordinance.

A Youth and Shelter Services worker stated at the meeting, “If you’re not doing anything wrong, why do you care?” If we allow Story County to violate our rights here, what is stopping them from doing something worse down the road? Do not let people believe students stand for nothing.

Joe Knepper

Senior

Industrial Technology