Note that state IDs are not acceptable, only a driver's license. State IDs
have the exact same information: age, address, photo, state seal, etc. Yet
these are not acceptable. You must have a DRIVER's license.

Again, the assumption that everyone drives, that if you don't you must be
legally unable to get a license (in the country illegally, or hiding a
felonious past), or be some shady, questionable character.


Robbie Webber





On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Patrick Lenon <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Regarding passports:  They are a terrific piece of ID, in fact too good.
>  I would never use a passport as a drinking ID, and if one of my kids was
> carrying his passport around in bars I'd probably confiscate it.
>
> This calls for further expansion of the free (if you know enough to ask for
> it) state ID program.
>
> ------------ Patrick Lenon
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 10:19:50 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Bikies] Non-driver's - you are no longer welcome in some Madison
> bars
>
>
> The Wisc State Journal carries a story that some downtown bars will not
> allow anyone in that does not have a valid driver's license or passport -
> state issued ID is not enough.
> http://host.madison.com/news/local/article_b14ce1e0-f080-11e0-926b-001cc4c002e0.html
>
> So.... if you don't drive?
>
> The article focuses on the possibly racial impacts, since there is a
> significant disparity along racial lines between those with driver's
> licenses and those without, but as Brenda Konkel points 
> out<http://www.forwardlookout.com/2011/10/wow-racist-bar-policies-ok-with-police-and-mayor/12607>,
> some people with disabilities also do not have a driver's license, and may
> not be able to get one. And people from large cities - especially those
> moving to a small city for the first time, like college students - may not
> have a driver's license. Of course, some people just don't feel a need for a
> driver's license, even those living in Madison. Can you imagine?
>
> And as I point out in the comments section, carrying a passport is a pain.
> It doesn't fit in your wallet or back pocket neatly, and that's important in
> a crowded downtown bar!
>
>
> Robbie Webber
>
>
>
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