According to the City of Evansville Web site:
"At 6:00 PM on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, the Public Safety Committee will hold a public hearing regarding Ordinance #2006-7, which would amend the Municipal Code to remove the restriction on the number of "Class A" beer licenses the city may issue. A "Class A" liquor or beer license permits the sale of closed containers for consumption elsewhere. Currently, the Municipal Code limits the number of "Class A" liquor licenses the city may issue to one for every 1,200 of population, and prohibits the city from issuing a "Class A" beer license separate from a "Class A" liquor license. Ordinance #2006-7 would allow the city to issue a "Class A" beer license separate from a "Class A" liquor license."
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How many beer license's does one town need?
ReplyDeletewhat is the purpose of lifting this? I think there are enough beer/alcohol license as it is. People wonder why there is such a issue of under age drinking in this town, the adults encourage it, they lead the way.
ReplyDeletethat is just silly, know thats really what this city needs.
ReplyDeletewhy should there be a limit on how many licenses. they all stay open until 9 so no one can stay open any later, it would encourage competition. and if you really think that it encourages more drinking or underage drinking you are silly. if i want beer in this town or any town i will go get it even if i have to drive a extra 1/4 mile, it will not make me get any more or less. please let me know how it would if you find this wrong
ReplyDeleteIf x equals the total alcohol consumption and y equals the total outlets retail and take out for alcohol, then x/y would be the sales per outlet.
ReplyDeleteIf we continue to add increases in y, is it possible that there will continue to be folks selling alcohol but making no money doing so and closing their doors. Thus-----More would in fact be less.
The only hope, dispair of it is the possiblity that x or the consumption could continue to climb -------so we maybe only drink and give up eating food entirely so as to continue economic progress.
So. Is "More", in fact "Less." or is it the reverse? You make the call.
how much competition do you really need for alcohol sales? Now that is a scary thought. New Contest IN Evansville Wisconsin, Which Bar can sell the most alcohol? If you are under age or of age you don't need to go more than 6 blocks, to get alcohol. So now we will only have to go 3? That is just silly.
ReplyDeletewatchin, this is beer sales for consumption elsewhere so your bar thoughts are not even close. now as for putting other places out of business. we do not have a true liquor store in this town, ringhands WAS the closest, but they also sold meat. Citgo and the pig are two that come to mind as to places where i have purchased a beverage. these places do not thrive on alchohol sales as being their bread and butter, yes margins are high but it would not account for more than 5% total sales at any of these places. as for underage kids, be a parent and make your kids be responsibile it is not always someone elses fault when kids do things they shouldn't there are laws prohibiting this and if they are broken they should be punished. it is called a free market and last time i checked drink a beer or 10 is legal
ReplyDeleteI am not so sure...
ReplyDeleteI believe one of the reasons this is being discussed is so gas station/convienience stores can carry beer. There is one gas station in town that currently sells liquor. So if you were making a trip to get a 6-pack and gas you have only one choice and the other gas stations are out a potential customer. Do you see where this is going?
Bottom line is that this will not run one place out of business as much as it will provide that one place with healthy competition thereby serving the consumers (us) more.
Remember at the end of the day the establishments wanting a class B or class A liquor license will still have to apply for one.
I guess I fail to see the problem/problems you all are afraid of.
FYI- problems associated with alcohol, when the fault of the dealer, are well taken care of via the provisions of CH.26 of the Wis. Stats. Problems such as alcoholism and obesity will not be fixed by denying a few more liquor licenses.
I suggest you all look at the history of our country's amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Only one has been repealed, do you know which one I refer to? Do you know why it was repealed? At the end of the day the problems associated with alcohol and society were not and will not be fixed by heavy government regulation.
Bravo, Brkmn---
ReplyDeleteHow could I have forgotten "z". A guy heads straight for the beer, to get a little wild and crazy, and is waylaid by the chips "z", and after repeated trips over the years, cannot even remember what the "wild" was about. The crazy, maybe. O.K.
Maybe, then, brkmn, we should really be talking about an ordinance to restrict the sq. ft. of chips. Now that would promote the higher good.
Thanks, again.
Little trivia for everyone waying in on this , does anyone know the last place of business in town that was ticketed/fined for selling alcohol to a minor?
ReplyDeletewho cares packerfan
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