Individuals should be held accountable for their own actions. Lavender's should not be held responsible for other people's bad judgment and misbehavior. Concerning the students home from school and congregating, the same holds true. Everyone has been amply educated and made aware of the dangers, to themselves and others. When does "passing the buck" end and onus for one's own actions apply?

They should not be allowed to stay open. What is the matter with our 2 selectmen to say "with kids coming home from school it is a place to congregate" I am appalled at their actions and comments.

Just one more example of why we need 5 Selectmen instead of 3. O'Brien and Drobinski once again made Bob Haarde the odd man out. I do not believe anything good will come from Lavender staying open until 2am. I look at this as another example of MOBRINSKI rubbing our noses in the whole Lavendergate situation. I am very disappointed in O'Brien and Drobinski. They should both be ashamed of themselves and once again demonstrate poor judgement. I hope that nothing terrible happens as a result of drinking until 2am. Let's hope everyone is safe and has a happy Thanksgiving. Very poor decision to allow Lavender to stay open until 2am.

Just to put this into perspective we have a town employee cited for what has been reported as a third OUI. So what does Sudbury leadership do? Nothing. We just go on about our business like nothing happened. I know of cases in private (never mind public) organizations where employees received one OUI and were let go due to character reasons. Yet in this case nothing was done. Never mind dismissal, a simple 30 day (or even 1 day) suspension would have sent some message. Yet nothing was done and no message was sent. In a town which holds the distinction of being #1 in the state for school aged children, don't we have a responsibility to take actions that demonstrate to our children the difference between right and wrong? In this case I hope that no teenager who is or about to start driving looks at leadership's lack of action and thinks that three (or even one) OUI's is acceptable.

Then leadership turns around and decides to send a message over six months later. The problem is the message they sent was the wrong one. Instead of calling it "tradition" for kids hanging out at a bar until 2:00 AM, we should have urged kids to get off the roads and in bed at 1:00 where they and anyone else on the roads at this hour would be safest. Yet two selectman chose to debate as to why we should let this establishment stay open and serve alcohol for an additional hour where only bad, not good things can happen.

It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure this out. This is common sense.

I honestly hope that the bartenders at Lavender have been re-trained on when to shut someone off-
I dont feel its a good idea to be open until 2am- they should have to close at 1am like Bistro 20.
Larry O'Brien should never have been involved in any discussion involving liquor license extentions-

I would let them stay open - and I would want a police car sitting right outside their door from midnight until 2 am.

Wowwww...can there BE a more excellent example of why a 5 member selectperson team is needed? There would HAVE to be someone, anyone, with the mind of an enlightened adult in that number...there would just HAVE to be.

I agree with Bob Haarde on this issue. Nothing good is going to happen at 2am with a combination of alcohol being served and young adults driving home. I do not buy into the "tradition" argument made by the other two selectmen. Sometimes, common sense has to prevail. I am disappointed in this decision and I also hope everyone stays safe and has a Happy Thanksgiving without incident.

I do not think any restaurant or bar should be open an extra hour simply because it is the eve of Thanksgiving. Further, I find the comment made at the BOS meeting that it should be open until 2 a.m. because the kids are home (from college) disturbing. Most kids in college are not of drinking age yet, so that justification is simply absurd. Most frightening of all, however, is it appears we have not learned a single thing since the events that transpired in early May.

The kids should have a local place to hang out and get together. However their should be a police presence in the parking lot to ensure drunk drives are not on our roads.

Will the noodles and water be flowing in abundance like it was in May? Larry O'Brien, why did you not recuse yourself? When the town had questions you recused yourself and scattered like a scared kitten. Now you feel you can participate in this decision?

We need 5 Selectmen real soon and O'Brien and Drobinski have got to go. Very poor decision making!

I hope somebody brings up these issues next Tuesday during the hearing at the State House as to why we should go from 3 to 5 selectman.

Totally not necessary to stay open till 2:00 am. This is one of the most popular evenings for drinking and driving. Those who were in favor of this should be accountable in the event anything unfortunate happens. Wasn't It was bad enough that Mr. Drobinski and Mr. O'Brien were "caught" being irresponsible at the same place? Now they want to extend the serving time to enable others the opportunity to become intoxicated and be a threat to public safety. I hope the Sudbury Police department is well staffed and can handle what ever threats to public safety this creates. And Please, NO SPECIAL FAVORS FOR intoxicated Selectmen!!!!

The Patch should post a poll as to whether or not we are better off with a police car stationed outside Lavender or outside Beth Rust's house!

Seems like we're back to flogging Lavender again. Bistro20 was also granted a 1 hour extension. Shouldn't we be debating that extension too? Or is this just another opportunity for political attacks?

People the cops will be out tonight. Make sure you have your SSI cards handy in the event that they ask for identification.

Discussion: Should Sudbury Patch Be Allowed To Continue Publishing Propaganda?

I'm still trying to figure out what the OUI has to do with any of this, and why it was mentioned in the article. Are we blaming someone on the staff of Lavender (or perhaps Mr. O'Brien) personally for this person's choices and behavior? Perhaps we can hang the Kennedy assassination on the restaurant as well... 8-}