Old Man Game wrote:dbrandon wrote:WE CAN BUY STRONG BEER IN TAP ROOMS HERE IN OKLAHOMA NOW
PRAISE BE TO AG SCOTT PRUITT
DOWN WITH THE ABLE COMMISSION
#BEERWINS
Maybe this means that sometime in the next few years our Byzantine and archaic liquor laws will catch up to the rest of the country? If the next big State Question for alcohol passes we might finally break the back of the wholesale tier system in Oklahoma.
I hope that state question passes. I can't tell the level of interest. I know you can't count on the blue hairs and the Southern baptists to support it. It really should pass though. It's an obvious question. the state shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing what amounts to a monopoly.
Gotta break the hold the Shadids and Anheuser Busch have had on the whole liquor lawmaking process (among others, but they're the most prominent I can think of that have a vested interest in tiered distributors). Special interests have held sway there too long.
Course, the other side is Walmart and co., which are not exactly squeaky clean themselves (I have WM Home Office friends who have some horror stories about Walmart interference in city governance in NW Arkansas). But sometimes you have to pit your enemies against each other.
It's one of the things that's been standing in the way of making the city more attractive for people to move to and stay in. Maybe not a primary factor, but there are knock-on effects in terms of stimulating small business, opening new avenues for breweries who want to move or open here, and public perception both inside and outside of OK.
Starting to get a little more hopeful about the direction of state government. At least the school bond issue is on the ballot, even if our pinhead lawmakers did vote to give themselves a raise in a year where some OKC public schools can't even afford substitute teachers.
. Was hoping he'd do well for you guys.
