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Old 09-24-2015, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by theorem painter View Post
We have friends who were sitting in a golf cart at Sumter Landing listening to the music. They were drinking beer. They were ticketed by the police for open container. Drinking it in the square might be ok because it is not public property.
Were they cited because they had open alcohol in a motor vehicle, as opposed to sitting on the curb, or is there a prohibition against open alcohol in general on public property in Florida or Sumter County?