Today's Metro Nashville Beer Board Meeting presented lots of new faces. Mayor
Dean appointed 4 new board members to the 7 member Board. Among the departed
members was former chair Joy Sims.
With Anne Arney filling the position
of interim chair, the change was profound to beer board regulars. Gone were
perennial members Tamara Hart, Gary Larkins and Joy Sims. Their years of
experience will be missed.
Meet the new members:
James Collier,
attorney with a general practice
Anton Jackson, attorney at the Metro
District Attorney's office, which prosecutes crimes
Brad Northcut, architect
and President of 12South Neighborhood and District
Shannon Romain, attorney
practicing divorce and family law
We understand that the new chair will
be elected at the November 16 meeting.
We were pleased to see the new
Board take up and correct an unintended consequence of the recently adopted
catering rule. The new rule allows wholesalers to deliver beer to catered
premises. Some had read the prior rule as requiring wholesalers to drop beer off
only at the caterer's main business. For large events, caterers would have been
required to transport scores of kegs from their stores to catered locations.
This was a common sense fix and we appreciate the prompt action by the Board.
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