By Daniel L. Bamberg
Daniel@Centrevillepress.com
Last week, during session, Brent and Centreville both passed resolutions to set an official date for a vote to occur within those cities pertaining to whether or not citizens want the towns to continue the prohibition of alcohol sales or to allow alcoholic products to be sold within those city limits. Citizens of these bordering towns recently presented petitions with more than enough signatures to display a civic consensus large enough to support a vote.
Brent and Centreville council members made a decision to hold a simultaneous vote as the petition was making its rounds. The vote will take place in Brent and Centreville on Tuesday, May 11th. According to Brent Mayor Dennis Stripling this was in order to keep citizens from being confused. Brent and Centreville commerce run so close to one another that the cities often make decisions like these in order to better accommodate their citizens.
Citizens of Brent will need to go to the Brent City Hall to cast their votes and citizens of Centreville will need to vote at Centreville City Hall. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Brent and Centreville have both stated they had more than the necessary amount of signatures as confirmed citizens on the petition. Centreville needed 180 signatures and received 204.
Brent needed 100 signatures and received 103.
Mayor Stripling explained that the reason both cities decided to hold this vote separate from the June primaries was also in order to accommodate citizens. “With the vote being one of these two municipalities rather than the entire county, we believed there might be too much confusion if we held it in June,” explained Stripling.
According to councilmen and the mayors for both towns, if the vote passes this will not result in immediate alcohol sales. Stripling estimates 2 to 3 months before Brent would sell its first alcoholic beverage. The cities must approve requests from individuals seeking a license to sell as well as set laws and guidelines pertaining to where and how a retailer can distribute such items.
No, I believe the real reason they are holding the vote seperate from the primaries is because they are hoping for low voter turnout(among the wet voters at least) and that some people on the wet side will forget and or won't be as organized as the "dry" voters and also so that The ones actually running the vote at both city halls don't get confused in case they have to juggle with and fix the numbers so it stays dry. While I don't have actual proof of this just from witnessing some odd things in past wet/dry county votes, I think it is possible, But as they say that's just my opinion and "Everybody Has One". Just to quote someone with whom I agree with on a FEW issues but not everything!
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ReplyDeleteI have to commend you for your April 14, 2010 "Everybody Has One" Column! I can not say enough praise for it! It is dealing with the kind of people you describe in your column that has made me feel the way I do about Bibb County and I have allowed them to pull me down to their level. I need to actually concentrate on the good people that live in this county and disregard the other extremist people that live here among us. I am not as concerned about the wet/dry vote itself as I am about the kinds tactics and things I have witnessed in past votes and knew would happen this time that I feel are mainly done by the "prohibitonists" dry voters to try and intimidate, harass and retaliate against the people who would wish to have a vote on the matter. That angers me greatly. To be against allowing a vote and wanting to silence the ones they disagree with or target those people for retaliation angers me to a degree I can NOT put into words! I accepted Jesus as my Savior a long time ago and am thankful for what he has done for me but if these people that you described are what can be defined as "Christians" (I feel they are not acting like Christians) I would rather not be known as one or even socialize or associate myself with these people or do business with them (as in spending money with them)! Do I sometimes not conduct myself the way a Christian should? Yes I am a sinner and not perfect.Christianity aside to be against a vote or to target people for wanting a vote is UnAmerican and anyone doing that is not a fellow countryman of mine and to me is treasonist. I know I have my own faults and my position on spending very little money here may not be totally logical. That being said I am also a live and let live kind of person that believes in everyone minding their on business and living the way they want to live as long as it does not effect or harm anyone else. Kind of a Libertarian point of view.
Please allow me to touch on some points again. The wet/dry referendum is to allow the sale of alcohol to legal aged persons according to the law!
ReplyDeleteIt does NOT and I emphasize NOT legalize or allow:
Alcohol sales to minors!
It does not legalize or allow drunken driving! ( I don't feel it will increase drunken driving anymore than what it is. You are going to have responsible and irresponsible people in this world regardless).
It will NOT legalize consuming alcohol in public or being intoxicated in public!
On to what is true:
If you own a business you will be allowed to apply for a license to sell alcohol if you wish. You do NOT have to sell alcohol and you will NOT be forced in anyway to sell alcohol. It is your freedom to sell what you want in your establishment.
If you are a consumer you will NOT be REQUIRED to buy it!! You will NOT be forced into drinking alcohol or purchasing alcohol! You will have the right and freedom to not purchase alcohol if you do not want to!
It will not mean that bars/saloons will open up everywhere!
Let me explain, A business has to apply for a license to sell or SERVE alcohol!! Amazing, It's the truth!
No one can just open up their door and hang a "Cold Beer" sign up and start selling or serving alcohol without first applying for a license to do so and being approved of by the city! It's true if you don't believe me go and talk to your city councils.
The city councils are going to be able to create ordinances (LAWS) as to how alcohol can be sold or served. They will determine the cost of licenses also and will be able to approve or disapprove applications!! I know isn't that amazing!!
Well back to you Mr. Bamberg, Thank you again for your column April 14th. Let's just say we agree on some things and disagree on others. For the most part I have agreed with a lot of your writing. I will apologize for any rudeness or not wanting to logically debate you in my previous writings.I do let my anger get the best of me when I feel something is wrong or I feel I have been done wrong. I may give you my name one day and my name is on the petition and I signed it. For anyone that has a problem with that I will stand face to face with anyone in on it. I do know the kind of people I am dealing with and do not want to have to deal with anyone who would not have the honor or courage to stand face to face with me and would only do underhanded actions behind my back or vandalize or touch my property as I know there are some people like that, that live here. I will keep you in mind Mr. Bamberg if I witness any blatent underhandedness or tactics done by anyone and will contact you to expose these kinds of people. Again THANK YOU and have a good day.
Those who would claim that the Bible prohibits Christians from drinking alcohol are ignoring the clear teaching of scripture and are imposing their own personal convictions on others without understanding the liberty Christians have in Christ.
ReplyDeleteRomans 14 is a key chapter of scripture to guide us in this matter. Verses 1-9 teach the importance of allowing our brothers and sisters to hold different convictions about amoral matters. The word amoral refers to things that are neutral with respect to morality. Amoral matters are neither moral nor immoral by themselves; they have no inherent morality, and therefore they can be used for good or for evil purposes. Regarding amoral matters, we cannot establish absolute rules for Christian living that apply universally to all situations.
A simple example will help illustrate what I mean. Watching television is neither a moral nor an immoral activity by itself. Therefore, it is amoral. Nevertheless, watching television can be a moral or an immoral choice depending on what I choose to watch. If I choose to watch a broadcast of a Bible study, then my actions could be considered moral. On the other hand, if I choose to watch pornography, my actions are immoral. So, watching television is amoral by itself, but it can be used in moral or immoral ways.
Likewise, alcoholic beverages are amoral. They are neither moral nor immoral according to scripture, because we can find examples in the Bible of alcohol being used morally (e.g., in Jewish festivals or at the Last Supper) and immorally (e.g., in Genesis 9 when Noah becomes drunk in front of his sons). Like television, alcohol has no inherent morality, but it can be used in moral or immoral ways.
In Romans 14:21-22 Paul teaches that we should not use amoral issues (like eating meat or drinking wine) to drive a wedge between members of the Body of Christ. We shouldn’t use our liberty in such things to cause our brother to stumble. The principle works both ways: if I persuade you to drink against your convictions, then I cause you to stumble, and if you try to make me feel guilty for enjoying alcohol, you cause me to stumble by doubting my freedom. We should not force our convictions upon other Christians who feel differently concerning amoral matters. To each his own, according to his own conscience, as Romans 14 teaches
ReplyDeletewe shouldn’t teach our children that the Bible prohibits drinking alcohol, because it’s not true. Despite our good intentions, teaching scripture wrongly can only cause trouble for them in the long run, because sooner or later the enemy will seize upon our teaching errors and use them in an effort to draw our children away from God’s word.
ReplyDeleteSince its likely that one day our children will learn in the Gospels how Jesus looked forward to enjoying wine again in the kingdom with His disciples (Matt 26:29), we need to provide our children the full biblical view of alcohol and guide them in making sound decisions. We want our children to trust us, but most of all, we want them to trust God’s word.
Romans 14 also stresses that significant responsibility accompanies our liberty. Believers should not impose their personal convictions on others in the faith, nor should they flaunt their liberty before brothers and sisters who do not share the same freedoms. When we try to force our liberty upon others, we risk causing them to stumble in their walk, which means we influence them to go against their convictions, which is sin (James 4:17).
ReplyDeleteThis is for the people who would wish to make copies of the petition just to remind them:
ReplyDeleteSection 17-17-33 Code of Alabama
Obstruction, intimidation, etc., of voting rights of others.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he or she may choose, or for the purpose of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for state or local office or any other proposition at any election. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
This is just a reminder also to the ones who will be conducting the wet/dry referendum at both city halls:
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Improper use of official authority or position for political activities.
Any person who attempts to use his or her official authority or position for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §86.)
Another reminder for the ones running the election:
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Officers not to compare poll list with ballot.
Any inspector, clerk, watcher, or chair of an executive committee who compares the number on the poll list with the number of the ballot of any voter for the purpose of ascertaining how any voter voted, except in case of contest, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code 1907, §6821; Code 1923, §3944; Code 1940, T. 17, §398; §17-16-49; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §87.)
Section 17-17-15 Code of Alabama
ReplyDeleteSigning name of other person on poll list. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER. IT HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll list the name of any person other than himself or herself, including any signing by mark, in violation of Section 17-9-11, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-18 Code of Alabama
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Any inspector, clerk, or other person who discloses how any elector voted shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-21 Code of Alabama
ReplyDeleteDisclosing or removing ballot; interfering with or influencing elector; remaining in booth, etc.
Any elector who takes or removes, or attempts to take or remove, any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls; or any person who interferes with any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences, or attempts to unduly influence, any elector in the preparation of his or her ballot; or any elector who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment after being notified his or her time has expired, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-23 Code of Alabama
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Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with, injure, or attempt to injure any electronic voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall willfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of such machine, or any unauthorized person who shall make or have in his or her possession a key to a voting machine to be used or being used in an election, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-24 Code of Alabama
ReplyDeleteChanging ballots, unlawful use of absentee ballots, etc.; investigative assistance; encouraging voter participation.
(a) Any person who willfully changes an absentee voter's ballot to the extent that it does not reflect the voter's true ballot, any person who willfully votes more than once by absentee ballot in the same election, any person who willfully votes for another voter or falsifies absentee ballot applications or verification documents so as to vote absentee, or any person who solicits, encourages, urges, or otherwise promotes illegal absentee voting, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any person who willfully aids any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot, any person who knowingly and unlawfully votes an absentee ballot, and any voter who votes both an absentee and a regular ballot at any election shall be similarly punished.
(b) Upon request by the local district attorney or the Secretary of State, the Attorney General shall provide investigating assistance in instances of absentee ballot or voting violations.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impede or inhibit organized legal efforts to encourage voter participation in the election process or to discourage a candidate from encouraging electors to lawfully vote by absentee ballot.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-36 Code of Alabama
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Any person who votes more than once at any election held in this state, or deposits more than one ballot for the same office as his or her vote at such election, or knowingly attempts to vote when not entitled to do so, or is guilty of any kind of illegal or fraudulent voting, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Another good reminder to certain people in this town:
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Disturbing elector on election day.
Any person who, on election day, disturbs or prevents, or attempts to prevent, any elector from freely casting a ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-43 Code of Alabama
ReplyDeleteDisturbing elector on election day.
Any person who, on election day, disturbs or prevents, or attempts to prevent, any elector from freely casting a ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
I would like to thank all of you for your extended commentary on this matter. Though I do wish you would all leave your names, on this issue I however understand the need to be anonymous.
ReplyDeleteWhile I fully understand those who believe we should remain "dry" the idea of bullying someone through use of their faith is entirely improper and I believe completely divisive to the faith itself. The saddest thing about modern Christianity is the lack of biblical study which accompanies it. We have far too many people who believe in forcing a theocracy and not enough who want to open the faith to people with understanding. This mentality of "Christ is mine and not yours unless you believe as I do, exactly" is damnably wrong. Bullying people for amoral decisions is damnably wrong and non-biblical.
I would also like to remind the people of Bibb County and the law officers that work here that all of us have the legal right to have a certain amount of alcohol in our homes and even in our vehicles transporting it home so long as it is not in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and is unopened. Sec 28-4-200 of the Code of Alabama:
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Possession of certain quantities of state tax-paid alcoholic beverages for private use permitted; storage, possession, etc., of alcoholic beverages in passenger area of vehicles or in view of passengers.
Any person 19 (21 now) years of age or over shall be entitled to have in his possession in his motor vehicle or a private residence or place of private residence or the curtilage thereof in any dry county in this state for his own private use and not for resale not more than the following quantity of alcoholic beverages, as enumerated and defined in Section 28-3-1, when such beverages have been sold or distributed by and through a state liquor store operated by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or a licensee of such board, and the containers of such beverages have affixed thereto such mark or identification and sufficient revenue stamps as to show that such alcoholic beverages were sold or distributed by a state liquor store or a licensee of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and that the required tax has been paid: three quarts of liquor and one case of malt or brewed beverages or three quarts of wine and one case of malt or brewed beverages; provided, however, that no alcoholic beverages shall be kept, stored or possessed in the passenger area of any vehicle or in the view of any passenger.
(Acts 1971, No. 1265, p. 2194, §1.)
So when I go to work and leave work outside this county I just stop there to purchase any alcohol I want and while I am at it my groceries and anything else I need and transport it home for my personal us in my home and curtilage. I do not use tobacco but I am forced to put up with it here in Bibb County but, I can't go to the grocery store to purchase beer to carry home and drink. I think if the county and cities are going to stay dry then I think the sale and use of tobacco in public should be banned also!! SO to the ones that smoke in Bibb County and out in public who want it to stay dry and force me to have to breath it in you should get a good idea of what I think of You!!!!!
To the "Concerned Citizens Against Alcohol in Centreville and Brent" (CCAACB). I don't know why you are so concerned about it to be placing ads in the local paper and sticking up signs everywhere. Everyone knows it is going to stay dry here even if you have to do something illegal to keep it that way. I really believe this vote is totally worthless. Although I believe in voting and vote in all elections I know what happens in these wet/dry votes. I wish you people would put the effort or even half the effort into other elections
ReplyDeleteand referendums that you put into the wet/dry issue and worry about other things more important than alcohol like the direction our Country is headed in and the economy, health Care etc!!
So, Go ahead keep it dry and I am going to continue buying it outside the county along with my groceries and other needs. In the end I am more Concerened about the economy and the Country than I am with this. I would like to encourage others who work outside the County and buy alcohol also to do all of your other purchases outside the county. Maybe when certain people who have a stranglehold on the county here get sick of losing revenue and can't figure out why maybe they will wise up. I doubt it very seriously though.
I would like to see a fair vote more so than if it goes wet or dry and I feel very deeply that is NOT going to happen.
To the rest of us who signed the petition I would like to remind you that even if it stays dry we can present another petition for another vote in 2 years. We can also get another petition going for a County wide vote and present it every 2 years. I don't care if it stays dry lets just keep hammering them every few years for a vote and force them to hold a vote and force people to have to come out and vote against it and force the cities and county to have to spend the money holding a vote. It is insane that it has been 20 years since a vote on this issue. As Mr. Bamberg said many people in the community have never been able to even vote on the issue in their lifetime. I was old enough for the last vote and voted in it myself and I "remember" how it went.
To Mr. Bamberg
Although we may disagree on me not spending money here lets just leave it at that. There are people whom I like to do business with here and shop with them but that's it. Lets just leave it at that. I want to very sincerely THANK YOU for your comments and opinion on the upcoming wet/dry vote and your coverage of it and fairness. I want to THANK YOU for calling the people out who would like to get "copies" of the petition. So THANK YOU Mr. Bamberg
Signed a "Concerned Citizen Against Bullying"
Everyone has the right to vote how they feel and for who they want to and to display ads on their property but I would really like to talk to a lawyer about a Church's tax exempt status that puts up "Vote Dry" signs on Church property in front of the church. It's fine for a Church to preach on an issue but to put campaign signs up in front of a church on Church property telling me how to vote or who to vote for? I am more than a little concerned about that. If a preacher wants to put one in front of his home that is fine just like anybody else but at the church itself? That raises questions and concerns for me.
ReplyDeletethere is no prohibition in scripture against Christians drinking alcohol. On the contrary, we are commanded to share in the wine of the last supper. Furthermore, Paul recommends that Timothy drink wine occasionally for his health (1Tim 5:23), and Jesus Himself drank wine frequently as a required part of many Jewish festivals including Passover. Even Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2)! If our Lord enjoyed wine Himself, then how can we turn to our brothers and sisters in the Lord and claim it is evil?
ReplyDeleteI will tell you what, I have come to a conclusion. Even though I would like to see it go wet just so I could go in a store and buy beer to carry home and drink, I don't want any bars myself. I would be willing to support staying DRY and I would never bring it up again or sign a petition to want it wet IF and I mean IF the people of this County and Cities would take the same stance against Tobacco products!!!
ReplyDeleteTobacco is a nasty, disgusting, filthy habit. If the people of this county would BAN the sale of it and use of it in public and only allow it in your own home or curtilage (As long as I am not exposed to the smoke of it on my property) or you can have it in your car as long as the windows are up and no one is exposed to the smoke. I would never mention wanting alcohol here again!
I think if you smoke around children you should be charged with child endangerment!
I don't want to see butts everywhere on the ground in our community or tobacco juice spit everywhere or in plastic bottles.
I don't want to have to breath in smoke when I am out in public and forced to put up with it. I don't want to be stepping in tobacco or its juice in our streets because someone spit it out!
Myself, I don't even like to touch even an unopened pack or package of tobacco in any form because I am that disgusted by it!
If you want to smoke fine go out of the county to buy it just like those of us that buy alcohol do and bring it back home and smoke all you want I don't care as long as children aren't being exposed to it!!
Whether I am killed by a drunk driver today or I die later of COPD because I was exposed to your tobacco smoke when I didn't want to be, You have both killed me!!
I can promise you I can lay down alcohol longer than ANY SMOKER in this community could leave the tobacco alone!
So, If this County/Cities would do that speaking for myself I would never push for or want a wet/dry vote ever again here.
I know there is some of you not all but some who couldn't or wouldn't do that because you are about-face hypocrites that won't allow me to be able to purchase beer but I am FORCED to put up with your habits!!
Signed,
A "Concerned Citizen Against Tobacco in Bibb County" (CCATBC)
The only thing missing in a certain restaurant around here on the weekends is alcohol! You go in there and the music is so loud and the smoke is so thick you can't breath and when you leave you stink and smell like you have been in a bar all night!
ReplyDeleteI personally believe that sadly this town we live in will always be stuck in 1979. Every county around Bibb is wet, if someone in Bibb County is going to drink, they will go buy it in either Tuscaloosa, Perry or Shelby Co. It's not like the wet/dry vote is going to just magically make people in the county who drink just stop, if someone wants a drink they are going to get it. Just like if someone in Bibb County wants to go eat at a nice Steakhouse or other restaurant... What are they going to do? They will take their money and go to Tuscaloosa, and whether they are a person who is determined to keep this county dry, they will drop their money in a restaurant that might serve alcohol, just to get the food they want. This county will never have anything other than fast food restaurants if the vote doesn't pass. No large restaurant franchise will ever come here, if they can't offer alcohol sales.
ReplyDeleteSome people act like if the county goes wet then that's going to be the beginning of a problem. I read the Centreville Press each week. I read about meth-labs being busted, drug-rings being busted, houses getting broke into, local stores being held up and robbed. It's already happening, and the reason isn't because of alcohol sales!
The action of Bibb County citizens speak louder than words. Count the number of 7A tags headed towards Tuscaloosa, Perry Co, or Shelby Co. multiply that probably an average of $10 at the very least, and that's how much revenue Bibb County is losing (it doesn't even have to be an alcohol sale).
Teenagers from Bibb County has to go to one of these "wet counties" just to have a nice date. They don't necessarily have to drink when they go (the ones that do, are the ones that was probably going to do it anyways) but anyways, to get to go bowling, to the movies, buy brand name clothes, or to go to Alabama Adventure, or play pool, or just eat a steak dinner... they have to go to a county that may serve alcohol.
Unfortunately, on May 11th, I'm pretty sure that the vote will probably come up dry. I can live with that. I can live with still going to Tuscaloosa to go out to eat, I can live with still going to a surrounding county line store and buying something to drink if I choose, unfortunately a majority of Bibb County citizens will have to too... for the next 30 years.
Nobody is going to twist your arm and make you go into a smoke-filled restaurant, just like no one is going to make you purchase alcohol if you don't want it. And I know it's a completely off this topic, but I'll throw it in here since the smoking thing was thrown into the matter. About the gambling issue: it doesn't matter if the ban it or not, people are going to gamble whether it's here or somewhere else. And if it's the whole "casino owners are crook" argument, I"ll say this, if you don't walk into a casino, or a liquor store, or tobacco store and purchase some of these items, then "YOUR" money won't be what's "wasted".
ReplyDeleteAs far as the whole teen drinking issue is concerned, I grew up here and for the older people to act like there is "zero" drinking going on, keep loving that fantasy world. I've known people who's died of drinking as well, but they got it in a dry county. I am by no means a drunk, I may enjoy having a beer during a game or on the weekends. I am no different that alot of people in this town. No different than alot of these "upity-up" people who have parties at the country club or at the "social club" in Bibb Co. If the threat of it being in the county makes some of these people intimidated at the fear they might buy a beer themselves, then they need to have more self-control, because everyone isn't going to go out and get drop dead drink if we go wet, and regardless, the legal drinking age will still be 21, there's no sneaky vote that is going to pass otherwise.
But I agree, the odds if it passing are slim. And we'll live with it if it don't.
For the citizens 18 to 38 years old, Here is your chance to vote on the issue that you have NEVER had the Chance to vote on! Make it count and get out and vote!! If I recall the last time there was a vote on the wet/dry issue countywide though was Nov. 6, 1990.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people I talk to are only being angered and alienated by all the vote dry signs so keep it up! Hopefully it will backfire on you! Even though I know the vote will be fixed if it turns out wet. I'm sure "they" already have a plan in place to deal with that either by throwing votes out in file 13 or have some names and ballots already filled out.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people I talk to are only being angered and alienated by all the "Vote Dry" signs so keep it up! Maybe it will backfire on you! Even if it goes wet I am sure that there is already a plan in place to fix that either by having some names and ballots already filled out or will throw some votes into file 13. I know it will be kept dry one way or another.
ReplyDeleteEven if it stays dry by the Code of Alabama we can present another Petition in 720 days for another vote. So about 2 years.
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