Sketches for Editorial Illustration

I ended up choosing the editorial about the possibility of Seattle's bars being allowed to stay open past the hour of 2 AM, and the article even suggests that the bars could be allowed to stay open as long as they wish, even 24 hours a day, which is only allowed in "party cities" Las Vegas and Atlantic City. (This article was not in my original post, but I included its link in a comment to that post).

Here are my beginning sketch ideas: