And the winner of this month's Darwin award is.....

read the text for Referendum 1183.

I'd like to see legislation which prevents state assistance to people who test positive for illegal drug use.

I believe you need a membership to buy alcohol at Costco. Sams (aka Walmart) wants to be your local booze retailer and they know they can make a killing at selling alcohol. Also, if they get you in the store to buy booze you might join to buy other things. Not a bad idea, but I've never seen a law that discusses memberships and the sale of alcoho.

Costco's marketing philosophy is unlike Wal-Mart’s. They don't price cut to kill the competition. Costco charges a $55 membership and then offers product at a 10 - 15% markup over cost. Many other businesses have a much higher markup. Costco is able to offer such a low markup because of the membership fee, so if you buy a lot it often saves people lots of money. We pay the $55 basic membership plus the $55 Executive membership fee in order to receive 2% back on most of our purchases. Then we do most of our shopping at Costco: food, car tires, window coverings, some clothing, tools, furniture, appliances, dog food, alcohol, gas, etc. etc. This past year our 2% check was over $300 and there are just 2 of us in this household (though we do entertain a lot). So our reward check more than covered the cost of our membership. When I go into a normal grocery store I get sticker shock by how expensive everything is and I know that whatever I buy at Costco is as inexpensive as the company can make it. Then the company turns around and pays their employees higher wages than most retailers, offers them more benefits than most, etc. If another company can sell booze cheaper - Good News ! Competition. I would also gladly pay higher prices in order to have a better selection of alcohol! Costco went after the liquor business because its members wanted it (I know I did!). In the long run this will be a benefit to the consumer.

Very touching and beautiful.

With about 17 shots per fifth, the new law would have to increase the price per fifth by about $85 (17 shots per fifth times $5). My guess is that these were pretty expensive shots of booze to begin with and that the rich folk who enjoy them probably can afford the markup. Besides, how many pricey shots of booze should one drink before they're too drunk to drive?

Price gouging if they're attributing that much of a markup to 1183.

$5 (5 dollars) per shot? From what price to what price? The total markup for a bottle of booze is about $6 - $7. Once again Komo proudly hypes a story with bad math.

If nobody is killed, these incidents should at the very least cause the revocation of a drivers license for 5 - 7 years.