Durbin: East St. Louis Mayor’s Decision to Enforce 1 A.M. Cutoff for Liquor Sales is Step In Right Direction – More Needs to be Done

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2011.  The East St. Louis Mayor’s decision to enforce the 1 a.m. cutoff for liquor store sales is a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to reduce the violence that is plaguing the area, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), an East St. Louis native, said today. 

On Wednesday, Durbin talked to Mayor Alvin Parks by phone following a meeting with residents of the John DeShields…