Who is "the community" here?

Are wrigleyvillains asking for this? Seems to be a top down "request".

Voting Wrigleyville dry? Oh I think Mayor Maynot has finally found an issue that could get him voted out of office, tarred, feathered, lustrated and aspurged.

right. wrigleyville's going to go dry.

and again, since i was the one who wondered what a clinch game is/was, i know what a clinch game is ... it's just that you *keep* having clinch games if they don't pull it off that night, so you have to go to the next night ... etc.

and as i proffered in an earlier post ... what about cubs/sox games? i mean, talk about drunken craziness. why not do it for that series as well?

this whole thing is beyond ridiculous.

I'm sure I'm stating the obvious, but Daley's statement makes about as much sense as this ban. Who the hell is he talking about with "that community?"

And "common sense?" Ummm.....because asking drunk people to stop drinking and business to stop making money is clearly common sense? Don't get me wrong I understand the frustration with Wriglyville idiots. But this is really the best, most "common sense," answer they could come up with?

And I totally agree Prescott.

Good thing Tunney doesn't own a nursery, or he'd be referred to as "dirty knees". Or if owned a banana cart...

I'm a Cubs fan and I like to drink.. but this is a good idea! That neighborhood will be insane as it is..and really folks, what's a few more beers, especially when most of those out will already have been over-served. It is a safety issue.

I'm a Cubs fan and I like to drink.. but this is a good idea! That neighborhood will be insane as it is..and really folks, what's a few more beers, especially when most of those out will already have been over-served. It is a safety issue.

That's short-sighted. Who is going to enforce this? Ever worked as a waiter or bartender or barback? Cutting people off is never a fun thing. Cutting them off in the middle of huge event? That's taking your life in your hands.

Are you going to have cops in all the bars with eyes on the tvs? A siren? People will leave the bars, all the servers will get stiffed, fights will break out and there will be blood.

The cops do a decent job containing it to the Wrigleyville pen, a thankless horrible job it is. Don't maker barstaff responsible for enforcing capricious and vague "voluntary" measures.

how is cutting people off for an hour a good idea? why not call for bars to close an hour earlier on "clinch nights"? Also are these only for games in which the Cubs are at home with the potential to clinch a playoff series?

If I were an owner of a bar in Wrigleyville I would be upset. Being that the owners bought the bars, (probably for a good amount of money at the time they purchased it) I think they have the right to think they are entitled to stay open to regular operating hours. Does Mayor Daley really think the owners didn't think about the idea of extra revenue because of the playoffs when thinking about the location of their bar?

"They made enough money all year" What logic of a statement is that? If that were the case, the owners would shut down and go down to Florida, till winter was over. (or at least till New Year's Eve) I understand the problem the city is trying to avoid, but this seems to be one of the least thought-out solutions that the city has come up with. Unfortunately, faced with a budget crisis, they don't have a whole lot of alternative plans.

What part of Daley is king don't you people understand. Be careful or he will come knock down your bars in the middle of the night and claim it was for safety.

Dumb, if you're a Wrigleyville business owner, you want people there spending money. And if you're a Wrigleyville resident, you knew what you were getting yourself into. Unless you've been living in your graystone on Sheffield for 95 years, you shouldn't be surprised that people are pissing on your lawn.