Colorado: New initiative after Legislature kills bill
A Denver attorney has filed a new ballot initiative that would allow grocery stores to sell full-strength beer, wine and liquor and would permit convenience stores to sell full-strength beer as well. Blake Harrison, who filed a ballot measure in November to let grocery and convenience stores sell wine and full-strength beer, submitted the new proposal Wednesday, two weeks after a House committee killed a bill that would have allowed full-strength beer sales at convenience stores. The new proposal has the backing of both the Colorado Retail Council, which represents chain grocery and convenience stores, and the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, which represents locally owned convenience stores.