So, earlier today, we touched on the city enacting a voluntary ordinance for Wrigleyville bars to stop selling alcohol after the seventh-inning stretch of a Cubs clincher. An understandable request, but also one that was well, sort of a pain for business owners and CUBS FANS WHO WANT TO GET DRUNK AND CHEER ON THEIR CUBBIES WHOOOO!

So, the business owners expressed a little angst. And Mayor Daley has shot right back with some incredibly awesome quotes:

“This is about the Cubs. This is about where they worked so hard all year to get to. This is not about a lot of fans and a lot of drinking. We don’t want to see any incident outside, because if there is, that whole area will be voted dry tomorrow. Those citizens will get together and say, ‘I’m gonna vote every precinct dry. I’ll even vote Cubs Field dry,” Daley said.

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“Then I’ll have someone buy their place tomorrow. It’s not gonna cost ’em any business. They made enough money all year. I’m sorry. We’re just talking about common sense. That’s all this is. Because I’ll tell you one thing — if that community sees something they don’t like, they will not have a bar. They will not have a liquor license. They will vote it completely dry,” the mayor said.

OK, first off: I’m not sure just because these bars aren’t following a voluntary ordinance, the community is going to go off and vote every bar in Wrigleyville dry. That would be pretty nearsighted considering, you know, it might result in quite the economic downturn for the neighborhood. (And plus, I wouldn’t be able to stumble a few blocks home from Central. This is what is of utmost importance here.)

Don’t forget to stay tuned for this saga’s next act, in which Eddie Vedder pens a protest song against the mayor. Should be fun!

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