Kentucky Considers Finally Ending Prohibition
No, not of pot. Of alcohol sales on Election Day.
Jack Brammer at the Herald:
The Kentucky General Assembly appears poised to lift the state's Election Day booze-buying ban, which would leave South Carolina as the only remaining state that enforces the Prohibition-era rule.Yeah, you knew the freakazoids were gonna show up. They're the bootleggers' best friends.
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The bill affects only wet areas of the state. It would allow each community to decide whether they want to ban alcohol sales on Election Day.
Kentucky's ban is a relic of the Prohibition era, when saloons sometimes served as polling stations.
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The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States estimated last year that Kentucky's treasury loses more than $625,000 a year in sales tax revenue because of the ban. It estimated that Kentucky retail stores, bars and restaurants lost more than $4.5 million in revenue each year.
The Kentucky League on Alcohol and Gambling Problems is opposed to the bill, executive director Don Cole said. His group has a 30-member board that represents numerous churches across the state, he said.
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