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Tacoma underground party shut down

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I heard last week that the Liquor Control Board (LCB) and Tacoma PD worked together to shut down a party thrown by a group of under/overground show organizers. These folks throw some of the best arts events in Tacoma — consistently and proudly.

From a legal standpoint, it sounds like everything happened by the books. The proverbial state knows what it can and can’t get away with. There probably won’t be a lawsuit. And there will probably be more underground shows like the one that got shut down.

Let’s just move on, shall we?

No.

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