Gov. Tom Wolf signs sweeping reforms to Pa.'s liquor system

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9. I wonder if the clerks will have to be 21, especially in gas stations.

Does anyone know?

I am not in favor of making alcohol more readily accessible to drivers. I see too many beer cans tossed along our country roads now. And there is this:

Yet across Pennsylvania - where someone dies every day on average from a DUI accident - police, prosecutors, and judges are failing to curb repeat drunk drivers like Lawless.

Get arrested for DUI in Pennsylvania, and you're more likely to wind up back on the road drunk than in most other states. A March study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that across the country, about one in every four people who were convicted for drunken driving was a repeat offender.

In Pennsylvania, that rate is nearly half, based on an Inquirer analysis of figures PennDot provided, making it one of the worst rates of the 22 states the feds compared.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140907_Despite_tougher_Pa__DUI_laws__many_repeat_offenders_stay_on_the_road.html#xG6RtTJo8ZDQMwQd.99http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140907_Despite_tougher_Pa__DUI_laws__many_repeat_offenders_stay_on_the_road.html

I also wonder what the reaction of the PSP is. This seems more political than fiscal to me.