From the LP of Colorado blog:

Sen. Jennifer Veiga is not overly concerned about receiving coal in her stocking this year from some mom-and-pop liquor store owners.

While some smaller liquor retailers praised the senator from Denver this year for passing legislation that permitted the stores to open on Sundays, she may be receiving a few angry letters for pursuing legislation in the coming weeks that would permit convenience and grocery stores to compete by selling full-strength beer.

http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=2810

This is a good step, but really the government has no business trying to micromanage alcohol sales.

Imagine for a second this kind of micromanaging being applied to any other product, even a controversial product like cigarettes. Imagine how silly it would seem to pass a law saying you cannot buy cigarettes between certain hours everyday and on Sundays you can only buy low tar cigarettes at one type of store, but at another type of store you can buy whatever kind of cigarette you want.