enthalpy

Thursday, May 07, 2009


Voters in Lubbock are getting dangerously close to voting themselves up to the 20th century. This might get good.
When prohibition was lifted way back in 1933, Texas was a little slow to catch on.

It wasn't until two years later when the state finally repealed its own alcohol ban, and even then Texas allowed local governments to remain booze-free. While many areas to this day remain dry, on Saturday the biggest teetotaling town in Texas may be going wet.

Voters in Lubbock will decide whether beer, wine and liquor will be available in stores around this town of about 210,000.
But let's hear the solid, well thought out voice of the opposition:
Opponents say quality of life will suffer in neighborhoods near the stores, underage drinking will increase and the city over time will become seedy. Brant O'Hair, co-chairman of the group Truth About Alcohol Sales that opposes the measure, said he believes most liquor "package stores" will go in poorer neighborhoods.
Yeah, that's it. Beer stores are only in poor neighborhoods. Or as I like to call it, everywhere. Get used to booze, West Textards. Lubbock or leave it.



Home