Californian finds Nepotism Laws weird.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Every so often you hear of a law on the books that just doesn't make sense that makes you scratch your head and ask why.

A couple with a business in Donelson said one of those crazy laws is keeping them from selling liquor. And they're not happy about it at all. And it turns out it all boils down to who's your brother.
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When the couple opened the sandwich shop earlier this year, their plan was to also serve alcohol. But right now, the only thing you can get from the bar is beer.

"We can’t get a liquor license," Scott said.

That's because of an obscure state law that says you can't get a liquor license if you have any sort of relative who works for the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission or TABC.

Sandwich shop can't get liquor license because of obscure Tennessee law (newschannel5.com)

The story is by-lined by Jennifer Kraus, NewsChannel 5 Anchor / Investigative Reporter of Channel 5 Nashville whose bio indicates she originates from the truly Weird State of California.

Nepotism Laws are indeed old and one of the oldest ways to legally keep undue influence from Government jobs and positions of power. Hell, even in backwater South American countries, there are Nepotism Laws in the books.

So, I did quick research on the law by states, and I was surprised to see not only it is not uniformly shared across the country, but what states do not have that protection as law was interesting: eighteen out of fifty states do not have Nepotism laws. We have California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio (sort of), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Kinda explains some of the longtime shenanigans we have read about through the years, huh? Tammany Hall writ large.

And that also explains why Ms. Kraus finds the law weird. We is not sophisticated folks down here in da South.