C.A.L.C.A.L.L.L.CITIZENS AGAINST THE LEGALIZATION OF
LIQUORP.O. Box 958 / Hartwell, GA 30643
706-856-2523
www.no2liquor.org
About Liquor-By-The-Drink
What are they trying to lead you to believe about liquor-by-the-
drink?
What are the important facts
concerning liquor-by-the-drink?
LICENSING
City and county government will have the authority to
limit the licensing of mixed drink sales to restaurants, motels, and private clubs.
Regardless of what you may have heard, the legalization of mixed drinks will not put a
bar on every corner
LICENSING
Once you approve a liquor by the drink referendum, you, as a citizen, are left to depend
upon politicians to determine the scope and availability of
liquor. Ordinances are drawn up by councilmen and commissioners and not
citizens.
PROGRESS
We need to offer business people and visitors a wider
variety of dining. Mixed drink sales will encourage more restaurants. The Hartwell area will be continually
passed over by businesses and industry due to the lack
of restaurants and other amenities.
PROGRESS
It is a known fact that restaurants are drawn to an area by population figures.
Until more industry is in place to provide jobs, restaurants will not come. A community that is alcohol-free is more
attractive to industry than the availability of restaurants.
REVENUEA vote to legalize the sale of
mixed drinks is a vote for new tax revenues. It has been
estimated that $.50 of the cost of every mixed drink sold in Georgia
goes to the state and local governments.
Nothing could be fairer, because only the alcohol consumer pays
the tax. It is time that the Hartwell area gets its fair share
of this important tax source
REVENUE
The costs resulting from the consumption of alcohol far
exceed the tax benefits received from it.
To be specific, Georgians have paid as high as $10.55 for alcohol abuse every $1 generated in tax revenue.
COMMUNITY
Whether you drink or not is your decision. Regardless of your choice, you can support
your community by voting yes for controlled pouring,
yes for a new source of revenue, and yes to give the
Hartwell area an equal chance in attracting new industry and business.
COMMUNITY
The assumption must not be made that support for one’s
community can only be measured by dollars and
cents. Health, safety, and family
values are not measured by what you have, but by who
you are!
LEGALIZATION
Liquor-by-the-drink is not a religious issue, but rather
one of legalization. Liquor is already here, its just not been legalized.
LEGALIZATION
For many, the issue of drinking is a religious issue, but more importantly, it is a moral issue. The legalization of another social evil will just
complicate matters. By legalizing liquor-by-the-drink, we are communicating to our
youth that it is acceptable, because it is legal.
INSIGNIFICANT
Liquor-by-the-drink would not have a significant impact
on drinking and driving, since people who go to other counties for liquor still have
to drive back.
INSIGNIFICANT
DUI arrests will increase. For example: after liquor-by-the-drink was legalized in Gwinnett County, DUI arrests increased from 1,033 in the first six months of 1984 to 1,522 in the first six months of
1986. This is a fifty percent increase. Gwinnett County Police reported that most of the arrests were concentrated in areas of the county where there are liquor-by-
the-drink outlets.
INSIGNIFICANT
According to the study “Effectiveness of Bans and Laws
in Reducing Traffic Deaths: Legalized Sunday Packaged Alcohol Sales and Alcohol-
Related Traffic Crashes and Crash Fatalities in New Mexico”,
there was a 29% increase in alcohol-related crashes and a 42% increase in alcohol-related fatalities during the 10 year period following
the lifting of the Sunday ban on alcohol.
SOPHISTICATED
Sophisticated clientele who already drink beer and wine at restaurants will know not to drink and drive when hard
liquor is offered.
SOPHISTICATEDIt is the height of deception to
believe that one’s economic status is a deterrent from the abuse of alcohol. The number of those
addicted to alcohol is intimately related to the number of alcohol consumers. ‘Social drinking’ and
‘alcoholism’ are not unrelated phenomena. To the contrary, as the number of social drinkers increase, so does the number of alcoholics.
Social drinkers produce more drunk drivers.
OPPORTUNITY
Most of our youth do not stay in the community to
work due to lack of opportunity. I think it would help the community as far as economic development and
job opportunities.
OPPORTUNITY
Just think of the job opportunities liquor by the drink would bring for
Hart County youth:
·Bartenders
·Bar Maids
·Bouncers
Are these the type of jobs that will keep our youth from moving
away?
ACCESSIBILITY
If people are going to drink, they will get it some how.
Legalizing it will not increase the number of people
who drink.
ACCESSIBILITY
The easy accessibility caused by liquor-by-the-
drink makes for more consumption! The more convenient legal outlets
there are, the more consumption, the more drunkenness, the more
drinking and driving - the end result of which is – more
deaths.
GROWTH
Liquor by the drink will give us more opportunities to
grow like the larger cities in Georgia.
GROWTH
Most people don’t want to be like Atlanta!
What makes Hartwell great is that it is not like the big
cities!
TOURISM
If Hartwell and Hart County have liquor-by-the-drink we can attract more tourism to
our area.
TOURISM
Do we want the type of tourism that liquor-by-the-drink
attracts? Liquor-by-the-drink creates an environment that fosters an increase in crime: assaults, domestic violence,
sex-related crimes, gambling, and even murders! Hart County
would become only a ‘nice place to visit’ not a place to live.
CHOICE
Even though I don’t drink, I think everyone should have
the choice to drink!
CHOICE
With all the pain and problems that alcohol produces,
concerned citizens should be working toward placing more, not fewer restrictions on the sale of alcohol. They should be working to reduce alcohol consumption, not increase it.
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