I found this comment from Mayor Cole, regarding the desire by local supermarkets to sell liquor, interesting:
"All of the grocery stores came to town knowing they could not sell alcohol, so I don't know if they want to change from being grocery stores to liquor stores; but we haven't changed the rules on them since they've been here," Cole said.
Given that Mayor Cole has a reputation as a can-do mayor who had made Carbondale a more business friendly community, it's rather strange that he's intimating Carbondale's liquor code should remain as it is. With the current financial straits the city finds itself in and the city's reliance on the sales tax as a revenue driver, why not make a change in the code that would increase sales tax revenues here?
What about legalizing--and then taxing--gambling, prostitution, and drugs?
ReplyDeleteHow is it not changing the rules to say, "You can't have a liquor license because we only have seven to give, and all of them are already taken," and then to give out an eighth license?
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