Posted
11/08/2007 05:38:00 PM
by Douglas
Get ready to get your drink on,
Childress!Seven votes separated the yeas from the nays on Tuesday when residents of Childress County decided to go wet. It will be several weeks before any alcohol is sold and people are cautious about what it might mean for the county.
The vote, 789 for and 782 against, opened the door to the sale of beer, wine and liquor in stores, restaurants and bars in the previously dry county.
Gotta give it to Childress for building a bridge to the 19th century! The money quote:
Sheriff Mike Pigg doesn't know what difference the wet vote will make in his county, except alcohol will be more convenient to purchase.
"I've never worked in a city where the full county was wet. I know sheriffs in neighboring counties. They didn't see an increase in criminal activity, just little minor stuff," Pigg said.
Let's not forget, the Baptists and the bootleggers always vote the same way on this issue.
First off, the sheriff's name. . . is
Pigg. No shit. Secondly, do they really think people are going to
start drinking because it's now legal to sell it there? It just means they don't have to drive to Estelline or Tell to get it. OK, in all honesty, maybe there's ONE Childress resident that's been wondering what a beer tastes like his whole life, and after 70 years, he's going to fall into the depths of disparity of alcoholism because Childress legalized hooch. Oh wait, that
is the Baptist's position. Sorry.
Luckily for the tea-totaling residents of Collingsworth county, you now only have to drive 30 miles to keep Texas beer away from your citizens.