From the "I Didn't Even Realize the State Kept Up with That Stuff" file, the Dallas Morning News has a great piece using public records to show that more alcohol retailers in Texas are behind on their payments to their booze suppliers.

From the story by Karen Robinson-Jacobs:

Hundreds of Texas restaurants and bars have begun running up stout bar tabs with their alcohol suppliers as cash-poor consumers drown their sorrows at home.

For 2008, the number of restaurants, bars and liquor stores behind in their payments to alcohol suppliers leaped more than 18 percent over the 2007 total. That's according to figures from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The story also comes with a link to the ABC's online list of those who are in arrears.

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