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City solicitor: commission may ask who an event is for but must be careful how that information is used
Summary
City Solicitor Wood told the Lowell Licensing Commission the law department sees "no harm" in asking applicants to state on whose behalf an event is held, but warned that the commission must not deny permits on the basis of viewpoint or political content.
City Solicitor Wood told the Lowell Licensing Commission on Jan. 30 that the city law department had reviewed whether the commission may ask one‑day event alcohol applicants to disclose on whose behalf an event is being held and concluded the commission is within its oversight power to ask.
"I see no harm in asking," Solicitor Wood said, adding a caution: "I think there's a distinction between what can be asked and what can be used as a basis to deny an application." He said he is the department attorney…
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