Hill Talk: Bill Would Extend Ban on Singles Sales

• By Daniel Heim
• Roll Call Staff
• June 23, 2008, Midnight

D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells (D) introduced legislation last week to ban single container alcohol sales in his Capitol Hill-based ward. Single sales already are banned on portions of H Street Northeast, but the new bill will ban them throughout Ward 6 unless a vendor negotiates an exemption with an Advisory Neighborhood Commission.