Why Does Florence Tourism Care About Brewery Modernization?

It's a valid question: Why does Florence tourism care about brewery modernization? Do more modern breweries bring in the tourists? Or is it just beer in general? See Florence - the Beer Capital of the State!

After all, beer improves the quality of life so much...well, doesn't it? So does ice cream, and we're pretty sure no one was ever arrested for consuming too much of it. When most of us think of alcoholics, we picture the mug shots of several locals who regularly make the Quad-Cities Daily. They have enough furrows in their brows to plant a corn crop and appear only semi-lucid.

But those aren't the only kind of alcoholics out there. Many are "functioning alcoholics" who hold a job, but who immediately hit the bottle as soon as the work day is over. By the following morning, these unfortunate individuals are again sober and back at the grindstone. Rinse and repeat.

So just why is Rob "Adolph" Carnegie promoting fewer laws concerning beer production? Is he concerned about friends? Is he a true believer? Has money changed hands? Tell us, Rob, just how do less restrictive laws on beer production promote tourism in Florence?

Uh Oh! Leo's Been Partying with Rob Again!