I read my colleagues blog "Dram shop act" I found this piece to have a very interesting topic in which i was not informed. The bartender being blamed for someone having too many drinks is ridiculous in my opinion. I agree with my colleague, how is the bartender supposed to know how many drinks one person has had in a club full of different faces? Everyone is responsible for themselves drinking and then getting behind the wheel is a huge risk. The person that night on Halloween knew that drinking and driving was against the law and knew the risk he was taking or maybe not because he chose to drink until he was hammered. If you know you are going out to have fun, party and drink you should have either a designated driver or call a cap. Someone knows when he or she is not in full focus to get behind the wheel of a vehicle no one is forcing you to drive your self-home after a long night of partying. For the person to try and file charges against the bartender after getting in to a car wreck is simply irresponsible and not take responsibility for your own actions. I do not think the bartender should have lost his certification or received fines, I think it is entirely on the drunk person behind the wheel and that they should have served some jail time for making the irresponsible decision.

I think Texas should pass water conservation measures since it will not be hard for us to run out of fresh water. With the water conservation plans it helps with the waste of water such as when people leave the sink running while brushing your teeth, or just standing underneath the hot water after your done showering. We need some water restrictions so years down the road we do not run out of fresh water. There are 19 cities in the state of Texas right now that have water conservation programs to save on the use of water Austin being one of them. I think more cities should get involved with the conservation of water. Water is one of the most important things on earth and something humans cannot live without. With these cities participating more than 30 percent of Texas is considered out of a drought. The conservative water programs across the state are helping us overcome the 48 percent of Texas that is in either a small or severe drought. We cannot let this resource that we so desperately need become scarce to the population. In 1996 EAA v. Day happened when a rancher asked to pump more water for his farm then the EAA would allow. Which made the question come in to play. Do the land owners own the water they live on top of? Personally I don't think anyone should be able to own an underground water aquifer with there being so much fresh water in it the state should regulate it usage. So in all I do think Texas should enforce water conservation rules across the state to simply keep us out of a drought.