[RunItUpTheGut]

I think this is a topic that are popping up in a lot of places around the country where smaller towns have now become a little larger and have less of a bible belt tag around it.
Whats everyones opinion on this type of thing?

Personally i see it as a GREAT thing.
Currently Corbin allows the sale of alcohol at resteraunts who derive more than 70% of there profit from food sales.
If this passes, stores will be able to sale packaged alcohol, such as Walgreens, convienent stores, etc.
It also means resteraunts will only have to sale 50% in food sales to stay legal instead of 75%. IMO i dont think that should have changed. By leaving that open, you keep the bars out and dont allo that type of thing in. It was said best by a newspaper article i read yesterday that said, we should have resteraunts that serve alcohol instead of bars that serve food.

The reason i like the idea is because you do away with bootleggers who also sale stuff like pills and dope to people, especially underage kids. All of the stores will actually card this type of activity while bootleggers, as you know, wont.

IMO, it would be great tax money for the city and get a little bit of economic boom and growth around here. If it does pass here, you can bet your butt that London will also pass it within the next five years.

Also, currently, the closest place to buy beer is Jellico TN for the people of Corbin, which with the Tenn tax is about 6-7 more dollars for a case than it is in KY. If you dont want to go to Jellico, the next closest place is Richmond, which youll spend more gas money going than you would spend on beer.

I was also surprised to find out that in Tenn, a store cant sell both liquor and beer, only one or the other. I found that odd, but its law there.

I know it could cause the drunk driving rates to go up around here and stuff, but the drunks will get there beer anyways whether we have it here or not and people who would actually drive drunk, is only a bootlegger way from doing it. So, in the long run i think it could be great for the city itsself and hopefully the entire county could be wet, including Wburg.

Thoughts?