Cocktails For Commonwealth

09/06/2022

Please go vote TODAY! Every vote counts and Diana needs all of our support!
Thank you!!!

09/06/2022

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01/27/2022

Yesterday the Massachusetts senate adopted an amendment that will extend outdoor dining and to-go cocktails until December 15th, 2022.

Thank you Senator Diana DiZoglio, Senator Bruce Tar and Senator Susan Moran for fighting for extensions that hospitality needs to survive. And thank you to everyone who sent an email, made a phone ring or spread the word. Without all of us taking action I would not have gotten this far.

Though we do seek permanence this is a win that will help us move to the next step and let our industry plan around using these tools for 2022.

01/26/2022

Please call your State Senator and ask them to support Amendment #10 today which would extend to-go beverages until May 2023.

16 states have legalized cocktails to-go on a permanent basis:
Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky,
Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, as well as the District of Columbia.

These states allowed their cocktail to-go measures to expire, New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Though the New York Governor Vows to Make Takeout Cocktails Permanent.

Reopened does not mean recovered, and hospitality
is still struggling with the harsh economic
impacts of Covid-19.

Stripping local businesses of this lifeline at such a
critical time will only further devastate the hospitality industry.

10/19/2021

Please join us for a portion or all of the day on Monday, October 25th. We would LOVE to see a crowd on the State House Steps!!! Register now at www.CocktailsForCommonwealth.com The Emory Boston Thirst - The Hospitality Industry Reimagined Security Trust State Senator Diana DiZoglio Massachusetts Restaurants United Cambridge Local First Joe McGuirk For Cambridge Four Roses Bourbon Love Live Local

10/18/2021

Please join us next Monday!!! www.CocktailsForCommonwealth.com

10/13/2021

The Committee on Financial Services will conduct a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. on matters relating to Insurance. The Committee will accept written and virtual testimony. The public is invited to participate in this virtual hearing. Advanced registration to present, the deadline is Friday at 5:00 PM. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRTd1b1odshezedJLb_pk9Kajhbm-Zq6Cq943cU5mBIzqS3A/viewform PLEASE SHARE!

06/28/2021

We are advocating for S196 DiZoglio, Diana (SEN) An Act to continue expanded take-out/delivery options in response to COVID-19

THIS WOULD EXTEND COCKTAILS TO-GO UNTIL 2023.

The public is invited to participate in this virtual hearing. Written Electronic Testimony is preferred and may be submitted via email to [email protected]. Please include the bill number and “Testimony” in the subject line of the email.

Follow the link bleow for all the info.

www.CocktailsForCommonwealth.com/testify

06/17/2021

And, a special thank you to our legislators who supported this measure. Please join us in celebration Monday, June 28th at The Quiet Few!!!

06/16/2021

S.2475 - An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency. This will be in conference tomorrow.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to which is to extend certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health.

06/16/2021

Getting closer but tomorrow will be the second day of no to-go cocktails. There are 14 items in the Covid extensions holding this bill up that are in conference tomorrow, one of them is caps on 3rd party delivery services. Please ask your representatives to protect small businesses!!!

"In a compromise between the Senate’s date of March 1, 2022 and the House’s July 31, 2022, the bill would permit to-go beer, wine and cocktail sales by restaurants through May 1, 2022. It includes House language requiring that takeout and delivery drinks be sold at the same prices as those consumed on-site.

Special permits for expanded outdoor dining, which would otherwise expire in 60 days, would be valid until April 21, 2022 under the bill."

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