Boston social clubs running dry as city starts to enforce booze regulations it didn't know existed

The Bulletin reports on an only-in-Boston situation that could force Knights of Columbus halls and similar facilities to shut down and create problems at the city's two public golf courses.

The Boston Licensing Board, whose members are appointed by the governor, has been granting the facilities "temporary" liquor licenses for decades, but only recently found out that, in 1991, the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, whose members are appointed by the governor, ruled any one organization could get a special license for no more than 30 days a year. And now the board says the commission is ignoring its requests for a meeting to do something about the anomaly - which only applies in Boston.

The story gets even better - read down far enough to see the brilliant solution that Licensing Board Chairman Daniel Pokaski has come up with.