Posted on March 26 at 10:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Apparently many people are missing the big picture on this subject- Many DUI arrests involves drunk drivers drinking beer. Beer is available at nearly every grocery store in the state. Beer has the distinction of being abused more than any other alcholic beverage.

Clearly the issue is political- no sane argument can be made that selling wine in grocery stores would corrupt the population when beer, which is so readily available and so widely abused, would not. What is the difference between the two? If anything, beer should not be sold in grocery stores and wine should.

Maybe the issue that should be addressed is the sale of liquor in one county but not the county next door. If liquor sales are to be banned- it should be statewide. Dry counties are an inconvenience and only benefit the liquor stores in neighboring counties. Especially when one can buy beer in a grocery store but has to drive to the next county to buy wine. (Putnam County for one)

The crazy liquor laws in this state need to be overhauled so they make sense.

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