At the urging of the Northeast Community Council, the Assembly last November made mandatory ID checks a condition of the zoning permit for the new Brown Jug store in the mall.
Assemblyman Mike Gutierrez supported the idea of all local liquor stores checking everyone's ID, and was behind a voluntary agreement earlier this year among many liquor stores to do just that. Gutierrez wanted universal ID checks as a way to block liquor sales to people with restricted driver's licenses from past DUIs.
Retailer Fred Meyer began universal ID checks on a voluntary basis at its Anchorage liquor stores about a month ago, said spokesman Amanda Ip. She said there have been few complaints from customers.
But a voluntary agreement for other companies' stores to do the same in Anchorage fell apart this summer.
The one Brown Jug store continued to be required by law to check everyone's ID. After many stores dropped out of the voluntary agreement, Brown Jug asked Assemblyman Bill Starr for help getting the requirement taken off the Tikahtnu Commons store.
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