A Proposed ordinance holds landlords of St Paul responsible for underage drinking.

Check it out here

This is an interesting twist. Viewing the video it appears that one benefit is if they can get the landlords to make the rules that no parties are allowed that will cut down on the drinking. 5 Eyewitness News and Star Tribune ponders

I had mixed feelings when I first read the above post. After reading numerous sites on the internet I am curious. It takes public servants who want to do their job and try to stop underage drinking to make the law effective. If a similar law was passed here would that make a difference?

For instance I am aware of a local person who, quite some years ago, found a photo of teenagers holding containers of alcohol with an adult in the picture also holding an alcoholic beverage and this person turned it into local law enforcement. No action was ever taken against the adult in the photo and the person was given the excuse that it could never be proved that the containers in the photo actually contained alcohol.

What difference does it make if you have laws if the local police does not enforce the law?

I was shown the photo and was told that the person in the photo was a prominent citizen. Did favoritism play a role in local law enforcement in Ortonville? It would seem to me that if you had a photo that ID's an adult who has parties with underage drinking all one would have to do is watch them because if they did it once they will likely do it again. That's called law enforcement.

I do hope that the new Police Chief Jason Mork will do his job effectively and not allow favoritism to influence his judgement and treat all citizens fairly and impartially.