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Tourist season is still a month or two away, but that doesn't mean that the Liquor Commission is slacking on enforcing the laws for us towny drinkers.

On March 15, the Gas Light Co. restaurant received a suspended $500 fine and one day license suspension after being cited for serving alcohol to an inxtoicated person and allowing an intoxicated person to loiter. This is the Gas Light's first offense and if they keep their noses clean, they will not have to face these penalties.

In case you were unaware of New Hampshire's liquor laws, it is illegal to give a drunk person another drink. If a bartender or waiter determines a person is tipsy past the point of further consumption, he or she has to ask that person to leave. So the Gas Light, according to this report, got pinched for letting these rules slide or a better way to put it would be they got caught doing what just about every bar in town does on a regular basis.

I think our liquor laws are there for a very good reason but are a little unrealistic. I mean, what person is going to go to a bar where you get shut off and kicked out after three drinks. I just thought it would be interesting to see how many other places get cited for these laws. And it would be interesting to find out whether enforcing them has any affect on how many peoiple get wasted downtown each weekend. Personally, I doubt it.