The ABLE Commission has been making its presence felt in recent months

On the day the annual ARTonTAP event was held last month at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, organizers got the kind of news you never want mere hours before show time.

Whitney Cross, the event's organizer, said the state's Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission called the museum's cafe and told them that some of the beer vendors couldn't provide their services at the event. Cross said the agency threatened to shut down the fundraiser if the problem wasn't fixed.

“It was seven hours before the event,” Cross said. “They gave us a good scare.”

In the end, the problem was resolved, but Cross said the behavior of ABLE Commission officers was odd, at least from her perspective.