Wolfforth Early Voting For Alcohol Sales Underway

KCBD NewsChannel 11 ^ | 24 August 2005 | Staff

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Early voting for on site alcohol sales is underway in Wolfforth. Residents will decide if they want to legalize the sale of alcohol inside the city limits. We spoke with some Wolfforth citizens and while there is no organized opposition, some say a dry town is more safe. Others say alcohol sales bring money into the economy. The group, 'Responsible Citizens For Economic Development' says alcohol sales will bring a minor league baseball team to the town. The election is the result of a petition started by the group.

Citizens begin early voting Wednesday morning at 8 through September sixth. Polls will only be city hall. They will be closed weekends and labor day. Election day is September 10th.

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Another city decides to let the citizens decide whether they shall be wet or continue to be dry.

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Allowing alcohol sales goes totally against conservative principals! Prohibition now, prohibition forever!

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There was a follow-up story indicating that the residents appeared in massive numbers on the day of the vote. A couple of traditionally dry communities have become wet towns in the past couple of years. It has a lot to do with the religious history of many of the towns. This area was settled in the 1890s to early 1900s. That means that many of the towns were founded during the Progressive Era when temperance movements had a great deal of power (especially in the western US). What we are seeing is the dismantling of the last vestiges of the Progressive Era.

Personally, I grew-up in wet cities and have seen no real difference in consumption of alcohol among the citizens of wet or dry communities. This is due to the fact that the towns may be dry but the counties are often wet. Therefore, liquor stores are within easy reach outside a town's corporate boundaries.