Don’t waste window of opportunity
Starting June 1, those 19- and 20-year-olds used to bar hopping in Iowa City will have to find something else to do.Last week, Iowa City Councilors passed an ordinance change prohibiting people younger...
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I.C. Bar owner’s appeal worth creativity points, anyway
Leah Cohen, right, owner of the Bo-James in downtown Iowa City, hugs Mike Porter, owner of The Summit Eatery & Lounge, after it was announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, that voters had struck down a...
View ArticleMums the word for some Iowa City bar owners
IOWA CITY – Some downtown Iowa City bar owners appear to be circling the wagons, in a way, on the 21-and-older bar issue.The Gazette has a story today about the new law set to take effect June 1 that...
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Petition to repeal Iowa City’s 21-only law invalid, officials say
Ryan Lopez checks ID's as people come through the door at Studio 13 in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, May 13, 2010. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)University of Iowa students leading the charge to repeal...
View ArticleSummit helping in 21-only effort
IOWA CITY – Opponents of the 21-and-older bar ordinance are scrambling to get more valid signatures on a petition seeking to force a public vote on the law.City Clerk Marian Karr said earlier this week...
View ArticleVote likely on 21-only Iowa City bar law after successful petition drive
Iowa City’s controversial 21-and-older bar law is likely headed to voters.City Clerk Marian Karr said Thursday that a petition drive seeking to send the issue to the public for a vote was...
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Eight cited in first month of Iowa City’s 21-only law
Ryan Lopez checks ID's as people come through the door at Studio 13 in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, May 13, 2010. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)The first month of Iowa City’s 21-only law netted eight...
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Ready for a 21-only smackdown?
We’re months away, but teams already are lining up in Iowa City for the Great November 21-only Smackdown.Yes, folks, this here is the A-Show:In this corner, we’ve got team Leave the Kids Alone, fronted...
View ArticlePublic officials careful as they campaign for 21-only
IOWA CITY – As reported last week, public officials campaigning for the 21-only law are going to have to walk a fine line.Iowa code prohibits the use of public money for political purposes, including...
View ArticleUnderage bar entry law proving itself
It’s back to the drawing board for Iowa City councilors after the state Alcoholic Beverages Division reversed their decision not to renew a liquor license for the Fieldhouse bar.City councilors had...
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Hearing set on Iowa City bar owner’s suit against city
Mike Porter, owner of The Summit on Clinton Street in Iowa City. (Gazette file photo)A hearing on downtown Iowa City bar owner Mike Porter’s recent lawsuit against the city of Iowa City has been set...
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Confusing ballot language could complicate 21-only vote
File photoPotential confusion over the ballot language of the city’s 21-only ordinance is complicating an already divisive election issue.Those in favor of Iowa City’s new 21-only ordinance – 21 Makes...
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Iowa City anti-21 law group launches Web sites
Ryan Lopez checks ID's as people come through the door at Studio 13 in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, May 13, 2010. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)A group that is campaigning against Iowa City’s 21-only bar...
View ArticleA Shot of Hypocrisy Can’t Alter Legal Reality
Monday sort of got away from me, so I didn’t get around to commenting on the latest shots exchanged over the weekend in Iowa City’s 21-only bar battle.Hope I didn’t already miss last call.Incase you...
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Iowa City forum focuses on safety with 21-only law
It appears safety will be the central topic leading up to the Nov. 2 vote on Iowa City’s controversial 21-only ordinance.And people on both sides of the debate believe that’s to their advantage.Police...
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21-only debate set for Oct. 11
Iowa City’s proposed 21-only ordinance will be debated at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A.The debate is sponsored by the Hawkeye Chapter of the American Civil Liberties...
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High school students also impacted by Iowa City’s 21-only law
File photoWhen Jayne Berglund was a senior at Iowa City West High School, a group of her friends would often go to downtown Iowa City bars on weekend nights.“They’d be 17, 18 (years old),” she said....
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Pro 21-only flier in dorms follows UI policy
Campaign signs for both sides of the Under 21 debate Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)The group that supports repealing Iowa City’s 21-and-up bar ordinance accused the 21 Makes Sense...
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Time for downtown Iowa City to evolve
In the past few months, the doors have closed for the final time at a handful of Iowa City bars.They said it would happen after City Councilors passed, and voters affirmed, an ordinance banning 19- and...
View ArticleCity attorney denies 21-only petition
IOWA CITY – The city attorney has shot down an attempt by a University of Iowa student to have another referendum related to the 21-only bar law.Kyle Johnson filed an affidavit to start an initiative...
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21-only foe is new UI appointee to Iowa City Council
University of Iowa Student Raj Patel of Burlington submits an amendment to his petition for the Iowa City Council to repeal the minimum bar entry age ordinance which took effect in June 2010 to Iowa...
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City Council to discuss future of downtown Iowa City
A sale or lease sign hangs in the window of the former Fieldhouse bar, also known as 3rd Base Sports Bar, on March 16, 2011, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/SourceMedia Group News)IOWA CITY – With major...
View ArticleLower fines for Iowa City’s 21-only law on the way
IOWA CITY – The fine on people younger than 21 caught in Iowa City bars after 10 p.m. likely will be lowered, at least for first-time violators.The City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to decrease the...
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I.C. to discuss changes to 21-only law
Iowa City Police Lt. Mike Brotherton patrols the Pedestrian Mall Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 in downtown Iowa City. (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News) IOWA CITY — The City Council on Monday will discuss...
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Iowa City to make several 21-only changes
Iowa City Police Officer Dennis Kelly keeps an eye out for trouble as the bars begin to close on the pedestrian mall early Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007 in downtown Iowa City. IOWA CITY — The City Council...
View ArticleIowa City makes changes to 21-only law
IOWA CITY – The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to tweak Iowa City’s 21-only law.The goal is to keep bars from skirting the intent of the law by getting food-related exemptions or a...
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UI police arrests down last year
From left: University of Iowa Police Officers Rusty Shelangoski and Corey Gibney along with Lisbon Police officer Vern Vacek, patrol the parking lot behind Kinnick Stadium an hour after a Hawkeye...
View ArticleIowa City wants more options to battle house parties
IOWA CITY — Iowa City wants another tool to address loud house parties, but an attorney who works with college students believes it would be unconstitutional.Iowa City staffers are proposing that the...
View ArticleIowa City’s 21-only bar law challenged by petitioners
Bartender, Iowa City will have another round of 21-only bar debate.Two people associated with downtown Iowa City bars want a public vote on the city ordinance that bans people younger than 21 from...
View ArticleDowntown Iowa City restaurants want alcohol stings focused on bars
Downtown Iowa City restaurant owners want police to focus their alcohol stings on problem bars.As it stands now, the alcohol compliance checks occur across the spectrum of establishments with liquor...
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Petition filed to overturn Iowa City’s 21-only bar law
IOWA CITY – Organizers behind a petition drive seeking to overturn Iowa City’s 21-only bar law believe they have enough signatures to send the matter to voters.Organizers behind a petition drive...
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Iowa City 21-only fight: It’s all about the money
Iowa City Police Officer Kevin Prestegard checks the identification of a man who was found with an alcoholic drink outside of the Saloon Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa...
View ArticleUniversity of Iowa reports drop in problem drinking
IOWA CITY – With an election over Iowa City’s bar-entry age looming, University of Iowa officials on Wednesday revealed data that indicate problem drinking is decreasing among students.Results from...
View ArticleIowa City council moves forward on changing 500-ft bar rule
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa City City Council took a step toward lifting the 500-foot spacing rule for bars in certain areas of the city Tuesday. The council also said they intend to put the 21-only bar...
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Iowa City’s 21-only bar law likely going to voters
Iowa City Police Officer Kevin Prestegard writes a ticket to a under age woman who was found in the Blue Moose Tap House after midnight Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa...
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Repeal 21-only to start talk on drinking age
By John Deeth-America has a dysfunctional coming-of-age ritual with alcohol. It’s tacitly OK to start drinking in your late teens, as long as you don’t get caught. That makes access to alcohol, while...
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Supporters say police stats show Iowa City’s bar law works
A line forms outside DC's in downtown Iowa City as University of Iowa student Brian Rosasco, right of center, of Iowa City checks IDs. (Bill Adams/The Gazette)Alcohol-related police charges have...
View ArticleCommittee supporting Iowa City’s 21-only law outpaces foe in donations
IOWA CITY – Supporters of the Iowa City law that bans people younger than 21 from bars at night are contributing in greater numbers and much more money than their opponents in advance of a Nov. 5...
View ArticleKeep 21-only on the books
Three years after Iowa City voters approved the 21-only ordinance, the question of bar-entry age is back on the ballot.We see no good reason to overturn the ordinance to once again allow adults under...
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Iowa City economy hums along despite losses from 21-only
Up a flight of stairs from a main drag in downtown Iowa City, 20- and 30-somethings, along with some older patrons, are celebrating Clinton Street Social Club’s one-year anniversary.Bartenders Timothy...
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