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Sue Burness

Dublin passes Social Host Ordinance

Thank you Dublin City Council for unanimously passing the Social Host Ordinance that strengthens the consequences for parents who knowingly or "unknowingly" allow underage kids to drink in their homes. This has been a big problem for years. Parents turn a blind eye - or want to be their teen's friend - and be the cool parents.

And parents - don't let your teen spend the night at someone's house after a dance. Usually they want to spend the night where parents don't care they have been drinking - or they will drink when they are there.

We all want to believe kids are going to do the right thing. It makes it hard when other parents make it easy for them to make a bad choice.

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    Peter and Benjamin Sells came to the area around 1801 from Huntington County, Pa., to buy land. Old Dublin was first platted in 1810 by their brother, John. Surveyor John Shields named the town after his birthplace in Ireland. The town developed the usual assortment of mills, shops and churches, with settlers coexisting peacefully with Wyandot Indians, who camped on Indian Run. The town gained notoriety in the mid-19th century, when a surplus of taverns and rowdy Civil War veterans gave the village a tough reputation. Columbus' growth and the construction of I-270 made expansion inevitable. Dublin achieved city status in 1987.
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