Several vocal groups had opposed the measure, including the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police and the Colorado Restaurant Association, whose members would have been tasked with carding the new customers -- and in these days of complicated family relationships, ascertaining whether the adult at the table was the legal guardian or actual parent of the would-be drinker could almost require a DNA test or trip to Ancestry.com.
When he proposed the measure, Brophy -- whose website bills him as "husband, father, farmer" --had suggested that it would help parents how to teach their children to drink responsibly. But there's a far more logical place to do that:
At home.
From the Calhoun: Wake Up Call archive: "Free 3.2 beer! It's time to issue a last call for the archaic contrivance of low-alcohol beer."