A certain convicted felon is having his liquor licenses reviewed by the State of NJ

[thewayne]

Seems that if you're a convicted felon, you're not allowed to hold a liquor license. And if you're the sole proprietor of three golf courses that have liquor licenses, that may be an issue. Thus New Jersey is investigating with the possibility of suspending or revoking his liquor licenses. This is the big mistake he made in organizing his companies: he set them up as sole proprietorships instead of LLCs. Now, that might not have made a difference, he might have had to remove himself from the boards of LLCs to continue the licenses, but that would probably have been easier like he maintained the fiction of putting his assets in a trust during his reign as POTUS.

And according to the Florida Statutes, his licenses there may also be at risk: "No license under the Beverage Law shall be issued to any person who has been convicted within the last past 5 years of any offense against the beverage laws of this state, the United States, or any other state; who has been convicted within the last past 5 years in this state or any other state or the United States of soliciting for prostitution, pandering, letting premises for prostitution, or keeping a disorderly place or of any criminal violation of chapter 893 or the controlled substance act of any other state or the Federal Government; or who has been convicted in the last past 15 years of any felony in this state or any other state or the United States; or to a corporation, any of the officers of which shall have been so convicted. The term “conviction” shall include an adjudication of guilt on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or the forfeiture of a bond when charged with a crime."

Ruh-roh!

People frequently like a drink (or two or three) after playing 18 holes of golf. I believe this clause of not allowing felons to hold liquor licenses is pretty common: though I don't know if it holds across all 50 states, I would expect it does to prevent organized crime figures from finding a loophole for alcohol sales.

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/06/convicted-felon-donald-trumps-liquor-licenses-woes.html

Comments

I'm from Atlantic City NJ

[librarygeek]

I'm just going to pop a big batch of Boardwalk kettle corn for popcorn 🍿, okay? 😂🤷‍♀️

Karma is delicious 🤤😋!

Re: I'm from Atlantic City NJ

[thewayne]

Oh, please!  I just read an article that said the best homemade popcorn is made with ghee, and I just bought a jar of it, so I'll join you when I get home from working at my library!

Re: I'm from Atlantic City NJ

[bibliofile]

Mmmm, karma.

[kaishin108]

That would be great! :)

[disneydream06]

I hope some of these places uphold the laws. :) :) :)
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

I am SOOOO looking forward to seeing how this plays out!

[disneydream06]

I couldn't agree more. :o

[dewline]

Hehehehehe....

[silveradept]

In a perfect world, this convicted felon having to deal with the constraints that come with being a convicted felon would trigger a lot of thoughtful review about whether or not this is a good system and does what it is supposed to do, but that would require people to look past their outrage that he's been convicted at all to study and examine and make decisions about whether or not everyone should be subjected to the same.

It is nice to see someone who thought themselves above consequences having to deal with consequences, but I'll bet there's going to be so much concentration on whether or not he deserves it that we'll miss whether or not anyone deserves it.