I’ve been watching with interest a Downtown Neighborhood Association effort to combat the open air wine-tasting associated with the Warehouse Liquor outlet on Main Street. This is no “Sideways” ramble through Napa. A sometimes unsavory assortment of characters is known to do a bit of brown-bag imbibing in the vicinity after buying  hooch at Warehouse. They’re not sipping merlot. Low-cost vodka pints are popular. The festivities include pan-handling, litter, public urination and and other side effects, including alleged crimes by some of these store patrons. I’ve witnessed some of these fellows myself while stopping at the store to inquire about directions to a nearby church.

The latest dispatch from the DNA indicates their complaints produced a whopping one-hour investigation by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control agency, which found no problems within its jurisdiction.

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Read the DNA report on the jump.

UPDATE: From “a mom”:

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I drive by Warehouse Liq. on my way home.  I usually work until 7 p.m..  There ARE customers of Warehouse drinking out of paper bags, sitting or standing in groups or drinking while walking towarddowntown.  Almost everyday!

AND…

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LRPD missed two very popular drug transaction spots:  9th and Scott (busy every evening) and 17th and Main (late night on weekends is busy).

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