Sometimes I'm really out of touch

I know there have been murmurings of a change in liquor laws in Colorado for quite awhile. Liquor stores have been closed on Sundays for as long as I've lived here, creating a minor inconvenience. The bigger issue for me has been the lack of a Trader Joe's and a lack of the wine selection available at Costco in other states. Around the beginning of July liquor stores started to be able to be open on Sundays, but I haven't taken advantage of that yet, probably because I'm just in the habit of NOT buying beer or wine on a Sunday. Part of the problem was also that I'm out of touch- I didn't really realise that the stores really were open on Sundays, despite the signs that said, "NOW OPEN SUNDAYS". I don't know how I missed that, but I guess I really didn't believe it.

Now I wonder what else has to change to allow us to have Trader Joe's and Costco come in with their power buying and power selling. I'd heard for years that the licensing laws were such that there could be "only one store of a given name with a license"- hence, only one Costco could possess the liquor license, and it wasn't worthwhile for Trader Joe's to open stores here if only one could sell beer and wine. Then, I heard that no food can be sold on the same premises as liquor, leading to the same problem. More recently someone told me that Colorado just doesn't issue enough licenses.

Humph.

I could embark on a search to figure this out- using The Google, you know- but instead I'll sit back and see what answers my new readers rushing to my brand new blog offer.