The elected officials of Columbus have many obligations, among them the responsibility to promote public safety, often through policy decisions.
But, there are cases where that worthy goal can be compromised by bad policy, well-intentioned as it may be.
Tuesday evening, we saw a case in point when the city council adopted an ordinance that, for all practical purposes, has shut down the Premier Lounge.
The decision came as a response to a Saturday incident in which Columbus Police Department
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