Missouri Liquor Control Visits Branson

 

The picture posted above is Branson local John Logan during debate regarding public consumption of alcohol on the Branson Landing "town square" and walkways. The debate was heated. A lot of latent anxieties were unleashed as the state of Missouri revealed that the city of Branson can regulate alcohol pretty much any way they please.... The agency made an error when they issued a license to a vendor in the town square by not setting a parameter by which alcohol can be consumed. The state corrected the error by issuing a ticket with 10 days to correct the problem. The agency revealed four tickets were issued by sting operations conducted by the Taney County Sheriff's department See below. Planted minors nabbed four Branson Landing business's since the Landing opened including:

Sullivans
Five and Dime (no longer selling alcohol)
Joe's Crab Shack
Garfields

The state advised that other cities have formed citizen committees to determine alcohol regulations. In the future, the existence of such an entity appears imminent. John Freed heeded the call as citizen journalist taping the meeting though the massive file size limits our ability to post it immediately though we plan to post the video clips later this week.
Updated: 7/24 Joe Hodgin seen to the left in the photo above sent the following correction -

The following message was sent

The compliance checks which resulted in four arrests of subjects who
sold liquor to minors were conducted by our agency rather than
the Taney County Sheriff's Department.



Joe Hodgin
District Supervisor
Division of Alcohol & Tobacco Control
615 East 13th Street, Room 506
Kansas City, MO 64106
Joe.Hodgin@dps.mo.gov
Phone: 816-889-2574
FAX: 816 889-3149