So you are advocated a 4X property tax hike?  I don't know that I'd go that far for a park.  But I'll definitely mail a $10 check every month in lieu of having the liquor stores in town...

No, I am not advocated a 4x property tax hike. 

Perhaps the prohibition movement should acknowledge the $10 instead of pretending it didn't exist.

Maybe the ballot should read: Are you willing to pay an extra $10/mo to infringe on free trade, close a number of retail establishments, cost tens of people their jobs, and stifle economic development.

FOR or AGAINST

But I'll definitely mail a $10 check every month in lieu of having the liquor stores in town...

Hell man, I'll pay $10 a month to KEEP the liquor stores here.

I'm sure you are all tired of me by now, but I hope you at least see my point and are willing to let the system work.  That's all I've asked all along.  That's why I despise the lies and scare tactics.  They are just attempts at manipulating the uninformed.  I've seen it on both sides of the issue now.  The flyer was the first time I've seen someone try to say there would be NO impact.  And for all of the anti-liquor folks here (ha ha), I encourage you to speak the truth, just as I encourage those pro-liquor folks to do the same.

So how many beers would it cost me to buy a few NO votes? 

OK.  I've been willing to acknowledge the $10/month all along

Yes, but according the flyer you referenced below, it is TOTALLY FALSE that banning alcohol will will reduce sales tax and increase property taxes.  That's what I'm referencing when I say that the opposition doesn't acknowledge even your $10.

I addressed that particular issue in another thread.

So, prior to the wet vote, I didn't hear of anyone marching the streets declaring their free trade rights were being infringed.  And as someone noted (I think it was the flyer), there are many examples in the area of cities that had significant economic development without going wet.  It's hard to argue that one.

Is it possible to develop a city without alcohol?  Of course.  Does that mean that we should get rid of a business that is contributing in so many ways?  I don't think so.   

Anna is not any of those other cities.  There are many factors that determine how a city grows.  To isolate one factor and say 'See, Richardson did it!' is not comparing like for like. 

I think the best thing we can do to gauge what's best for Anna is to look at what we've got going on and make projections based on our own baseline.  To me, it seems that, given what we see in Anna, that alcohol sales are an integral part of our town's economic picture.

As for closing some establishments and costing some jobs, this is true.  I won't dispute that.  It's a sad fact.  Business is a risk.  Sometimes you can see the risks and try to mitigate them.  And sometimes a tornado comes through and there's nothing you can do about it.

If I go to someone's business and set it on fire, destroying their investment and leaving their employees to figure out how they're going to make the rent payment next month I guarantee I won't get away with the 'Business is a risk, sometimes bad things happen' defense. 

If a tornado destroys a business it is an Act of God.  If your NO vote destroys a business it's an act of Fred08. (not picking on you specifically, but you see where I'm going.)

In this case, I wouldn't consider a 51.5% vs 48.5% vote a clear 'mandate' from the citizens any more than I'd consider the Bush victory a mandate.  With this knowledge, some business owners decided to take the risk.

I see where you're coming from here.  Assume, for the sake of conversation, that said owners 'should have been able to foresee' this repeal election.  Does the fact that the original vote passed by a small margin justify the losses they will incur should the public decide to flip-flop after inviting them in just 2 years ago?

I see that the prohibition group is soliciting donations on their website.  I'm assuming that they're not taking a collection to be given to all of the people who will be financially destroyed by their actions should they win.  Perhaps they should be.

They'll likely get through the election just fine.  Maybe a little more gray hair, but I suspect they're business will be booming post-election.

Me too.

I would like to invite you to a little pep rally before the election.  How tall are you?

Just my guess, but there's probably no safe answer so I'll not comment.

If your NO vote destroys a business it's an act of Fred08. (not picking on you specifically, but you see where I'm going.)

Wow, I can single handedly destroy businesses.    
Trust me, I know what you mean.   But that's the case with lots of decisions the voters/congress/city council get to make.  We can decide tomorrow to phase out Social Security and that means a lot of people will need to find a job.   We can outsource our Public Works department and put people on the street.  We can change trash services and kill a local business...

Deceit is the only way I can win, ergo, it is a tool I will use.  THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS!  And if I must lie and cheat to rid my City of evil, then that it what I shall do.  As long as there is injustice, whenever a Targathian baby cries out, wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars, we'll be there. This fine ship, this fine crew. Never give up... and never surrender.

And to some, this is the only way they know how to fight.  But I like to play fair just as long as I can.  Then I'll get ugly!   

So how many beers would it cost me to buy a few NO votes? 

"You can't handle the truth!" LOL

Aside from my love of Fossil Creek's wine selection ~

It is NOT fair to recruit liquor based businesses to open in Anna, invest their money in our town, and then to say "oops!~ sorry about that.  We changed our minds, so that's going to cost you a lot of money to leave and find someplace else to open"

That is just WRONG.  If you had a thriving business Fred08 would you think it were fair for the city to do that to you?

In this case, I haven't been presented with any reasons I would deem compelling. 

But I'm le tired...