October 29, 201213 yr PBS is re-airing Ken Burns' documentary "Prohibition" right now. I got to thinking about it last night... The only state with more dry counties than Kentucky is Arkansas. Arkansas has 41 dry counties to our 39. Kentucky has 30 of the remaining counties that are specified as "moist"...meaning one or more city within the county has voted to allow the sales of alcohol within its limits. 1) Do you drink alcoholic beverages? 2) Who on BGP lives in a dry county? 3) Are you in favor of "dry counties"? Why/why not? 4) Are you in favor of statewide of federal prohibition? Why/why not?
October 29, 201213 yr PBS is re-airing Ken Burns' documentary "Prohibition" right now. I got to thinking about it last night... The only state with more dry counties than Kentucky is Arkansas. Arkansas has 41 dry counties to our 39. Kentucky has 30 of the remaining counties that are specified as "moist"...meaning one or more city within the county has voted to allow the sales of alcohol within its limits. 1) Do you drink alcoholic beverages? 2) Who on BGP lives in a dry county? 3) Are you in favor of "dry counties"? Why/why not? 4) Are you in favor of statewide of federal prohibition? Why/why not? 1. Yes 2. I live in a dry county but the city is moist. Hopefully on January 8th it will be fully wet and then as some people say in this town, "the hookers will be walking up and down the streets". 3. Absolutely not. Goes against every belief I have on how the government should work. 4. Absolutely not. For the same reasons.
October 29, 201213 yr PBS is re-airing Ken Burns' documentary "Prohibition" right now. I got to thinking about it last night... The only state with more dry counties than Kentucky is Arkansas. Arkansas has 41 dry counties to our 39. Kentucky has 30 of the remaining counties that are specified as "moist"...meaning one or more city within the county has voted to allow the sales of alcohol within its limits. 1) Do you drink alcoholic beverages? 2) Who on BGP lives in a dry county? 3) Are you in favor of "dry counties"? Why/why not? 4) Are you in favor of statewide of federal prohibition? Why/why not? 1) Yes 2) We are officially wet. First cases of beer were sold illegally on October 19th (received a $3700 fine), but all is up and running now. 3) Not in favor of dry counties. I have enough faith in people that it can be regulated and controlled which in turn monetarily benefits a community without having to drive across the border to get booze. 4) No. I think we have come far enough to understands the do and do nots of alcohol. That does not mean people do not get out of hand or lives are not lost because of it, but the overwhelming majority of people are responsible.
October 29, 201213 yr Author PBS is re-airing Ken Burns' documentary "Prohibition" right now. I got to thinking about it last night... The only state with more dry counties than Kentucky is Arkansas. Arkansas has 41 dry counties to our 39. Kentucky has 30 of the remaining counties that are specified as "moist"...meaning one or more city within the county has voted to allow the sales of alcohol within its limits. 1) Do you drink alcoholic beverages? 2) Who on BGP lives in a dry county? 3) Are you in favor of "dry counties"? Why/why not? 4) Are you in favor of statewide of federal prohibition? Why/why not? 1) Definitely 2) I live in a wet county (Kenton). 3) No. I'm in favor of free enterprise. 4) See #3.
October 29, 201213 yr Author Here's a map of the wet and dry counties in our commonwealth: http://abc.ky.gov/Licensing%20Resources/Wet-Dry-Map-08-14-12.pdf
October 29, 201213 yr Here's a map of the wet and dry counties in our commonwealth: http://abc.ky.gov/Licensing%20Resources/Wet-Dry-Map-08-14-12.pdf Thanks for that. Cool to look at. My home county stands out as a beacon of hope for teetotalers everywhere. Does anyone know what the vote in Hart County is? Also, as I said in the other thread Elizabethtown is set to vote in January to go from a limited-100 sales to full wet.
October 29, 201213 yr 1) No 2) I believe Pendleton County is dry, but Falmouth is wet. 3) I don't care one way or another. 4) No
October 29, 201213 yr 1) Yes 2) County is dry, 2 cities in the county have by the serving licences 3) I am in favor of the residence of the said county choicing to be Dry/Wet via ballot. If they want to be dry be dry if wet then vote it wet. 4) No because there would be to much tax loss amound other reasons. I have lived in a dry county my whole life, and only the cities went wet about 6 years ago or so. Was very interesting, about 10 years ago we had a ballot to vote to allow the cities in the county to vote for wet by the serving. It passed overwhelimingly. About 6 years ago or so, 2 cities put it up on the ballot, as well as another push to make the whole county wet. The county vote was a unanimous no keep it dry (after they had got all the signutures they needed to get the vote on the ballot, lol) and the cities passed by the serving, barely. The only new buisness it has brought in was a larosas in 6 years, big woo.
October 29, 201213 yr Here's a map of the wet and dry counties in our commonwealth: http://abc.ky.gov/Licensing%20Resources/Wet-Dry-Map-08-14-12.pdf I would be interested to know if prescription drug abuse and/or crystal meth use is higher in dry counties.
October 29, 201213 yr 1) Yes 2) County is dry, 2 cities in the county have by the serving licences 3) I am in favor of the residence of the said county choicing to be Dry/Wet via ballot. If they want to be dry be dry if wet then vote it wet. 4) No because there would be to much tax loss amound other reasons. I have lived in a dry county my whole life, and only the cities went wet about 6 years ago or so. Was very interesting, about 10 years ago we had a ballot to vote to allow the cities in the county to vote for wet by the serving. It passed overwhelimingly. About 6 years ago or so, 2 cities put it up on the ballot, as well as another push to make the whole county wet. The county vote was a unanimous no keep it dry (after they had got all the signutures they needed to get the vote on the ballot, lol) and the cities passed by the serving, barely. The only new buisness it has brought in was a larosas in 6 years, big woo. So you're saying that in the two cities that passed the moist vote, the LaRosa's is the only place in the county you can get a beer?
October 29, 201213 yr So you're saying that in the two cities that passed the moist vote, the LaRosa's is the only place in the county you can get a beer? Its the only new buisness that came into the county because of it. There are 2 local pizza places and a few small mom and pop local resturants that got a license, but they were already in the cities before the wet vote. Hasnt really done alot here.
October 29, 201213 yr 1. Yes 2. Henderson city is wet, Henderson Co. is wet except certain areas. I've lived here all my life and never knew there were dry areas. My brother-in-law worked for Dollar General until he retired this year. They built a new store in the east end of the county. They applied for a liquor lic and found out that part of the county was dry. 3. If that is what the citizens of that county vote for, although I disagree with them. 4. No
October 29, 201213 yr PBS is re-airing Ken Burns' documentary "Prohibition" right now. I got to thinking about it last night... The only state with more dry counties than Kentucky is Arkansas. Arkansas has 41 dry counties to our 39. Kentucky has 30 of the remaining counties that are specified as "moist"...meaning one or more city within the county has voted to allow the sales of alcohol within its limits. 1) Do you drink alcoholic beverages? 2) Who on BGP lives in a dry county? 3) Are you in favor of "dry counties"? Why/why not? 4) Are you in favor of statewide of federal prohibition? Why/why not? 1) From time to time. 2) Robertson County is dry, but everyone goes outside the county to get the beverage of their choice. 3) No. No particular reason. 4) No.
October 29, 201213 yr Its the only new buisness that came into the county because of it. There are 2 local pizza places and a few small mom and pop local resturants that got a license, but they were already in the cities before the wet vote. Hasnt really done alot here. All those businesses you mention are now bringing in tax money into the local coffers that wasn't there before.
October 29, 201213 yr All those businesses you mention are now bringing in tax money into the local coffers that wasn't there before. Not alot, 95% of the time parking lots are empty. My point was that there was a push for it, and now it doent have a significant impact.
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