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bajabound2005
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Ley Seca suspended in Ensenada!
The mayor of Ensenada has announced that liquor WILL be sold all weekend in spite of the election on Sunday. He asks that everyone be responsible....
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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DENNIS
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I think he owns a bar.
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woody with a view
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isn't it a federal law that the mayor is over riding??? oh yeah, it's mexico....
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
isn't it a federal law that the mayor is over riding??? oh yeah, it's mexico.... |
Bought any medical marijuana in CA lately?? That's against federal law.
Sorry, I'm sensitive about gringos slamming Mexico for the same things that happen in the US.
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by k-rico]
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bajadock
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SENATE APPROVES LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE DRY LAW ON ELECTION DAY....(Doc's edit....2006 article, hoping for some better historical documentation "la
ley seca" from more scholarly Nomads)
href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SENATE+APPROVES+LEGISLATION+TO+ELIMINATE+DRY+LAW+ON+ELECTION+DAY-a0143311148">SENATE APPROVES LEGISLATION TO
ELIMINATE DRY LAW ON ELECTION DAY.</a>
In a unanimous vote in late February, the Senate approved changes to the electoral code (Codigo Federal de Instituciones y Procedimientos Electorales,
COFIPE), eliminating a federal prohibition on alcohol sales on the federal election day. The changes to the dry law, in effect for almost a century,
will be applicable to the presidential and congressional elections on July 2, 2006.
Under the reform to article 239 of the COFIPE, restaurants and other establishments will no longer be subject to federal restrictions on the sale of
alcoholic products on election day and the day prior to the election.
The Senate measure, similar to one the Chamber of Deputies approved in May, 2005, was promoted by the Camara Nacional de la Industria de Restaurantes
y Alimentos Condimentados (CANIRAC) and the Asociacion Mexicana de Hoteles y Moteles (AMHM).
"The discontent with the dry law has been growing during the past few years, especially in regions of the country where the principal activity is
foreign tourism," said the text of the Senate legislation. "Merchants in these areas were incurring heavy economic losses."
In recent years, many critics called for repeal of the law, which they called outdated because many of the election safeguards that were put in place
in 1915 no longer apply to modern society.
The dry law was first imposed by Sonora Gov. Plutarco Elias Calles in 1915 to discourage violence and abstentionism This article is about political
strategy used in Ireland. For the Christian theological position relating to alcoholic beverages, see Christianity and alcohol.
Abstentionism on election day. Elias Calles later served as Mexican president from 1924 to 1928.
"This law guarantees that citizens will show up at the polls...and will exercise their right to vote in a responsible manner," said the text of the
law, which was eventually extended to the rest of the country.
The COFIPE reform retained a clause that allows state and local authorities to decide whether to keep the prohibition in place locally.
CANIRAC and AMHM representatives said this could present a problem, as states like Chiapas and Yucatan have traditionally supplemented their state
coffers by selling special permits to merchants that would allow them to sell alcoholic beverages on election day. "These are earnings that they may
not want to surrender so easily," CANIRAC president Sergio Larraguivel said last year after the measure in the lower house was approved.
There were also some opponents of the measure who raised concerns about eliminating the alcohol restrictions on election day. "From our point of view,
alcoholism is the number-one problem in our country, and the presence of alcohol could harm the electoral process by promoting abstentionism or
encouraging conflicts," said Lupita Rodriguez Martinez, a columnist for the Monterrey daily newspaper El Porvenir El Porvenir (Spanish: "The Future")
is occasionally used as a toponym:
Electoral authorities, however, said the end of the dry law does not mean a complete relaxation of guidelines on election day. "Any citizen who shows
up at the polls inebriated inebriated will not be allowed to exercise his or her right to vote," said Arturo Sanchez Gutierrez, a councilor
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by bajadock]
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
isn't it a federal law that the mayor is over riding??? oh yeah, it's mexico.... |
Bought any medical marijuana in CA lately?? That's against federal law.
Sorry, I'm sensitive about gringos slamming Mexico for the same things that happen in the US.
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by k-rico] |
point taken.....
edit: and no, i haven't bought any lately!
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by woody in ob]
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bacquito
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Good for Mexico!
bacquito
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
isn't it a federal law that the mayor is over riding??? oh yeah, it's mexico.... |
Bought any medical marijuana in CA lately?? That's against federal law.
Sorry, I'm sensitive about gringos slamming Mexico for the same things that happen in the US.
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by k-rico] |
point taken.....
edit: and no, i haven't bought any lately!
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by woody in ob] |
at $20/gram why would anyone use a pot dispensery that could buy it ten times cheaper on the street? These places take food stamps and credit cards
and truly prey on the most sick who can least afford it. If it's really medicine- control the price too, just like pharmaceuticals.
Rosarito has always been dry for the election day. If it wasn't this year- you would think there would be a huge marketing campaign by Torres and
all to build some hype for the holiday weekend. Too busy still playing the victim to grab an opportunity.
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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camador
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Dry law makes no sense since people just buy a lot of alcohol a day or two before, and they got drunk anyway.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by camador
Dry law makes no sense since people just buy a lot of alcohol a day or two before, and they got drunk anyway. |
There you go thinking Mexicans actually plan for tomorrow...
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Hook
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So, is the alcohol ban in effect or isn't it?
Thirsty throats want to know..............
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by camador
Dry law makes no sense since people just buy a lot of alcohol a day or two before, and they got drunk anyway. |
There you go thinking Mexicans actually plan for tomorrow... |
   
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
So, is the alcohol ban in effect or isn't it?
Thirsty throats want to know.............. |
It's Mexico. Quien sabe? Just don't get caught with your pants down and your refrigerator empty.
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Bajahowodd
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I'm in Los Cabos today. I was told alcohol will be available.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
So, is the alcohol ban in effect or isn't it?
Thirsty throats want to know.............. |
It's Mexico. Quien sabe? Just don't get caught with your pants down and your refrigerator empty. |
Or my pants full, perhaps............
I'm going to a baseball game tomorrow night. Might be difficult to smuggle my own in.
Beer and baseball...........it's become a very MEXICAN thing, too, for THIS gringo.
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shari
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I can tell ya mexicans DO plan for tomorrow when it comes to beer....it's the talk of the town today to stock up tomorrow for sundays dry day. It's
funny cause most people have some family member who owns a store so everyone gets it anyway...and stores were charging 20 pesos more for illegal under
the table sales on dry days.
I plan to do some celebrating as it will be my first time voting here in mi quierido mexico!
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by shari]
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I'm in Los Cabos today. I was told alcohol will be available. |
Different state ...
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
I can tell ya mexicans DO plan for tomorrow when it comes to beer....it's the talk of the town today to stock up tomorrow for sundays dry day. It's
funny cause most people have some family member who owns a store so everyone gets it anyway...and stores were charging 20 pesos more for illegal under
the table sales on dry days.
I plan to do some celebrating as it will be my first time voting here in mi quierido mexico!
[Edited on 7-3-2009 by shari] |
Just got back from a beer run to the local OXXO, the beer shelves are emptying out. Hopefully they'll restock tomorrow.
I should have bought more. Looks like it's going to be a sunny, hot (high 70s, low 80s) weekend at the TJ beach.
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Pops
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| Quote: | Originally posted by camador
Dry law makes no sense since people just buy a lot of alcohol a day or two before, and they got drunk anyway. |
Hey !!
I resemble that completely !!
If you make something idiot proof, someone will always make a better idiot.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
So, is the alcohol ban in effect or isn't it?
Thirsty throats want to know.............. |
acording to Sharky's in Punta Banda yesterday: no sales at liquor stores and the bars are still waiting to hear
Bob Durrell
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