https://freerepublic.com/tag/mckinleycounty/ en-us Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:15:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3996659/posts A one-paragraph amendment to the state Legislature’s new, sweeping alcohol reform law gave owners of gas stations in McKinley County a choice: You can sell hard liquor or you can sell gas. To Benjamin Gonzales, manager of the El Sabino’s grocery and gas station in Vanderwagen, it was a “no-brainer.” “We stopped selling gas July 1, the day the new liquor law went into effect.” The store is one of at least three in the county that covered its gas pumps in plastic in recent months, a direct response to the law, according to store employees, residents and county officials.... The Albuquerque Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3996659/posts#comment Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:15:09 GMT