Will Burney

The T-A-B-C will be going mobile next spring. Will Burney has more in this Bobcat Update.

Two smart-phone apps are being developed to assist the T-A-B-C in finding violators of the state's liquor laws. One of the apps will simulate intoxication, while the other will allow patrons to report establishments that are engaged in questionable activity. But some bar owners doubt the new system will work. They're concerned that many claims will just be made up:
SB BECK: "I have seen in some newspaper articles where they quote some business owners as having concerns about that and I guess wanna reassure business owners that we are not in the business of going out and filing tickets with no more basis than somebody's complaint."
San Marcos bars are not strangers to the T-A-B-C. Bar managers know they report problems to the commission the next day if they want to. The T-A-B-C office is located on the city square. Employees at Taxi's Piano bar say they aren't threatened at all by the new app, because measures are already being taken to ensure compliance.
SB TAXI: Anybody that thinks they are going to report something that I'm not going to report the next day I don't know it just seems to redundant to me but that's fine. I got nothing to hide. As far as I know there's somebody from TABC undercover in here every night that's how you gotta run your business. I mean things are gonna happen it's a bar somebody is gonna slip underneath somebody's radar. They seem fine one minute then all the sudden you're a 90 pound girl and somebody gives a shot and you've had it. "
Stand up: Violations can already be reported to T-A-B-C by e-mail or telephone. The app will be just one more way to contact T-A-B-C about violations. For Bobcat Update I'm Will Burney.