November 6th is but a week away and their are many important propositions in line to vote on. One proposition may be especially important for the residents of Wimberly Texas. Wimberly Texas is one of the only dry areas in south Texas to remain. Recent years have changed other neighboring cities to “wet” and now allow the sales of beer and wine. Although, in Wimberly, you can drink at restaurants with private memberships, beer and wine are not to be sold in any stores. Instead the people living there have to make a drive to bordering cities to the north or the south when they want to buy booze in bulk. Five miles may not seem to be very far, but for a quick trip to the store, and with all the sky rocketing gas prices it seems tedious to make the drive when you will be returning to the city with the same alcohol anyways.
This voting day will provide residents a chance to vote on making alcohol sales legal in their city. Although, liquor will still be banned allowing beer and wine only it will be a convenient step for the general public. What I believe is interesting about this article out of the Austin Statesman today November 1, 2007, is to follow up after the election and compare the voter turn out to similar elections in the past. I think we will notice how high a priority alcohol can be to many people. It is said best in this article by Molly Bloom, from a quote by a local beer distributor, “People are going to drink no matter what.” Should everyone be allowed to purchase a tasty beer at the convenient store by their home? We will see on November 6th.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/01/1101wimberley.html
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To answer your question...
Yes, everyone should be able to go to a local convenient store and purchase "booze". I grew up in a tiny South Texas town called Odem. The town its self has always been and still is "dry". They have put this topic on the ballot several times that I can recall, and everytime Odem residents voted not to make Odem a "wet" town. Never once did this law keep anyone I knew from getting alcohol, nor did it keep anyone from getting wasted after football games. This law is archaic an should be put to rest. We are in the 21st century for goodness sake. It's not Prohibition! Bravo on bring this topic to light. I agree with the beer distributor "People are going to drink no matter what".
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