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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

State likely to toughen Seattle alcohol sales

P-I STAFF

The state is expected today to prohibit stores in much of Seattle from selling 28 brands of low-cost, high-alcohol-content beer, wine and malt liquor.

The City Council and Mayor Greg Nickels asked the state Liquor Control Board to ban sale of those drinks because many believe they are connected to problems with public drunkenness.

The proposal would extend an existing prohibition in Pioneer Square to downtown, Belltown, Lower Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, the Central Area, the University District and the International District.

If the three-member liquor board approves the plan, grocery and convenience stores would not be allowed to sell wines such as Thunderbird and drinks such as Colt 45 Ice, Miller High Life Ice and Pabst Ice.

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