While the Legislature was dealing with a series of alcohol-related bills this session, the Utah Foundation found in its archives a study on Utah alcohol laws and reform efforts in 1949. It seems the tinkering to make things better never stops.
During the campaign for governor in 1948 between Democratic incumbent Herbert Maw and Republican challenger J. Bracken Lee, the management of Utah’s state liquor monopoly was a major issue.
At one time, the liquor agency employed 70 investigators whose job was to enforce laws against public drunkenness and drunken driving. Lee won the election and, as soon as he took office, he fired them all and turned that responsibility over to local law enforcement.
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