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Rickie Williams on going wet: Is this progress? Response to: Shannon Sexton: Dry county/meth use story not a stretch By Rickie Williams Personal commentary I want to work from the following sentence of a post On ColumbiaMagazine.com... "We at PAC are working to bring the LEGALIZED AND REGULATED sale of alcohol in Adair County to a vote in hopes we can create an environment that will attract new industry and tourism as well as help support what we already have."A reader can not know the writer's exact intent, but here is how the words hit me... We at PAC are working to bring the LEGALIZED AND REGULATED sale of alcohol in Adair County to a vote in hopes that if beer and liquor sales are mighty convenient, then once thoroughly lit like Otis Campbell, prospective industry and tourism folks will think this county deserves a second look. This should not be too difficult since once lit up, the "prospects" will be seeing double anyway. . Is there no sense of pride in being able to state that our county is dry? Should not the skills of those seeking jobs and the potential building sites for prospective industries be the major selling points? If workforce skills and/or potential building sites are not adequate to attract industry, shouldn\'t those matters be of top priority as opposed to alcohol sales? I have yet to hear/read a logical argument for alcohol sales that proves in any form or fashion that once wet...Adair County is going to progress. Should this so-called attempt at progress come to a vote and pass, two things will most certainly occur. The bank accounts of the sellers are going to grow, and the banks accounts of the buyers are going to dwindle. The only real progression is going to be a flow of money from the buyers to the sellers. Now how does this benefit/progress the county as a whole??? I guess one can argue there will be some tax revenue. And it is a likely probability that there will be more work for the law enforcement agencies, the lawyers and the court system, the ambulance service, the auto body and wrecker businesses, the emergency room and the helicopter pad at the hospital, the coroner, the funeral homes and those selling burial plots. Is this progress? - Rickie Williams This story was posted on 2016-01-08 17:33:22
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