Comments on: House Bill on Wet-Dry Referendums Passes

by: Sunshine

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:24:22 +0000

I am thinking of moving to a dry county and wonder if it is illegal to transport alchol from a wet county to a dry county? It seems to be illegal from what I’ve read.

by: Bud Meister

Tue, 20 May 2008 03:16:47 +0000

I live in a dry county and think its stupid that in a country where I am supposed to be free to choose for myself whether to buy alcohol and I should not have to drive to the next county to buy it. In Blount County we coukld have paved every road in this county and built a school for all the tax revenue we have lost to neighboring counties in alcohol sales. Its stupid to be dry when you have wet counties around you.

by: walt moffett

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:19:07 +0000

More like its undead. It can be brought up again if the Chair so wishes. Which means its deal making time for the bill’s proponents/opponents.

by: Chris

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:16:52 +0000

This bill came before the Senate yesterday (May 6) on the Special Order Calendar and its status is currently listed as “Carried Over to Call of the Chair”.
Pardon my ignorance, but does this mean that the bill is effectively dead?

by: Danny

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:40:56 +0000

Thanks, G. I meant to link to the story from your Digest. I fixed that now too. (And if you were talking to me, I did see the story in the Digest.)

Apparently, I typed this post much too quickly. Any other fixes?

Will be interesting to see who, if anyone, perks up when this issue goes to the Senate.

by: G

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:51:38 +0000

And if you had read the Digest on Wednesday, you would have known that this bill moved this week.

by: Danny

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:35:48 +0000

Yep… really blunts the point to get it backward. Thanks. Fixed.

by: walt moffett

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:24:08 +0000

Shouldn’t the last read “… change dry to wet.” Better margin on beer than orange crush.

by: Peter

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:13:42 +0000

The level at which the decision concerning alcohol use is made continues to asymptotically approach the proper point: the household…or better, the individual.

by: Danny

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:44:17 +0000

Not a dumb question… The wet-dry issue was decided on a county-wide basis until some years back the current law was passed that gave communities with more than 7000 residents the option, to be decided by referendum, to differ from the county as a whole.

If a muncipality has voted to go wet, then municipalities of 4000 or more residents in that same county can hold a referendum on going wet.

Other than that, the issue is decided by the county.

[Edit: I edited my comment. I had left out the key phrase “in that same county.”]