DISQUS

Roy · 1 year ago

An excellent and concise piece of writing. I grew up in a dry county, which remains mostly dry today...though I have left and work in Germany now for DOD. My old hometown is barely five miles from the state line where booze is ok and most of the locals in the dry county drive up and buy what they need. The mass of folks may think the county is dry...but I'd guess that forty percent drink occasionally. What I find amusing is that all of that tax revenue that they could have....goes to Tennessee instead....probably well over $500k a year in this one Tenn county...is really Alabama tax revenue....and the locals just don't get it....they get the money in Tenn and distribute it out to roads, schools and infrastructure.

robbyjoplin · 1 year ago

ok that makes sense. While we are at it, let's tax rape and murder, I mean people do it anyways, might as well make money off of it.

Jamie Watts · 1 year ago

If we could only tax stupidity

JohnJ · 1 year ago

Ok..that's about the stupidest thing you've said yet but it's exactly what I expect to hear from a conservative christian from Alabama and it's why so many who don't live here laugh at you(pl).

Bill DuBose · 1 year ago

What a tangled web we weave when at first we seek to restrict freedom.

G Unit · 1 year ago

Nice article. This liquor, wet/dry thing in Alabama does have an interesting history.

Isn't it time for the entire state to be wet? Also, the lack of Sunday alcohol sales is sorta ridiculous in my opinion. Locally, what sense does it make to sell alcohol for 6 days and 2 hours and ban it for 22 hours on Sunday? Restaurants, bars and convenience/grocery stores would benefit and ultimately the county and city's tax revenue would increase a little.

It shouldn't matter what time or day as to whether it's legal for sale and consumption or isn't. Calhoun county is wet and dry, sorta...

JohnJ · 1 year ago

Ahh...but many Alabamians think that you're too stupid to make that decision and that those who believe in a silly fairy tale should make it for you.

Sheila Joyce Gibbs · 1 year ago

Wow, that was quite a large article & very well written! I was going to compete with our BC Liquor Laws, but, I can't hold a candle to this !
However, (you won't like this bit now) Alcohol is the growing scourge of society. With health afflictions mounting every day, but many are reluctant to speak of it, out of shame or embarressment, I'm not sure.
Currently, the most common (mine) Grand-Mal Seizures, then there's, near deafness, near blindness, near rotted liver & one of the deadlist,
severe heart condition. What we need to do, is warn our youth.
Doesn't matter if its sold 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, that's neither here nor there. What matters is our young people, need to be made aware of the hidden dangers, none of which have any cures at this time either.
Otherwise, when all us 50+er's are in Nursing Homes, being spoon fed & diapered, who'll take over all the many jobs we're all doing now??
/sjg

JohnJ · 1 year ago

If the kids aren't learning this it's the parents fault. We started talking our daughter about drinking (and sex and drugs) long before she was introduced to them from someone outside the family. It was part of our daily conversation around the dinner table or while watching TV at night. Too many parents (like Todd and Sarah Palin) won't talk to their kids about this stuff and they end up pregnant or worse. Sticking your head in the sand as a parent is a form of child abuse IMHO.