Charles Selle writes: 'Republicans generally have a reputation, not wholly deserved, of being a bunch of puritanical ideologues. It was shocking then to discover they want to party like rock stars next year at their quadrennial political convention.'
Republicans generally have a reputation, not wholly deserved, of being a bunch of puritanical ideologues. It was shocking then to discover they want to party like rock stars next year at their quadrennial political convention.
Evers, reelected to a second four-year term last year, offered the plan last week, according to multiple media outlets in America’s Dairyland. The proposal would allow bars in 14 counties surrounding Milwaukee, which won out over second-place Nashville, to extend hours to accommodate convention-goers.Milwaukee, which was to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention before in-person attendance was canceled because of the COVID-19 health crisis, has a dearth of hotel space.
Republicans had a similar lodging situation at the July 1980 party fete in Detroit, where Ronald Reagan was nominated for the presidency. Besides the few Detroit hotels, delegates back then were posted to suburban locales, complete with hospitality suites, even into neighboring Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Others in the battleground state include such far-flung outposts as Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Rock, Sheboygan, Washington and Waukesha counties. Current Wisconsin law allows state bars and restaurants to remain open until 2 a.m. on weekdays, 2:30 a.m. during weekends.
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