Loading ...Several local issues under consideration in Nashville are worth commenting on. I would have commented before, but both are so obvious I did not think any legislator could possibly go wrong. But, I was wrong.
The first has to do with wine sales in grocery stores. I find myself aligning with our local lefty, the Cracker on this one.
Prices on wine would likely come down on popular sellers, but if you want a nice Chilean merlot or if you have a question about a wine that’s difficult to find, chances are you’ll still go to a well-stocked local establishment. As for the mom-and-pop liquor stores, their sales are more likely to come from liquor rather than wine. However, with lower prices, their sales might actually increase instead of decrease. This frightens the wholesalers, who have not had to compete on the basis of price for many years. – Memphis Flyer
My buddy over at the Daily Docket also expresses my thoughts on the subject (so why reinvent the wheel?).
If you’ve ever lived in or spent much time in a state that permits wine to be sold in grocery stores, you know that Tennessee’s prohibition on same is just a relic of America’s pitiful Prohibition madness. In my opinion, the Against lists below are where you’ll find your Nanny Staters, false and fascist religionists (hey, Jesus drank wine), and those in the pocket of Tennessee’s liquor lobby. Again in my opinion, the Undecided lists below are where you’ll find the typical cowards we let stay in office in this State.
He also lists those for and against the measure in his post. Lets get real. Wine in the grocery store will cater to the consumer who simply enjoys wine as part of their meal. Most likely, it will increase sales and tax revenues for the State.
The other issue is rather bizarre in that it is even seriously entertained at all.
MEMPHIS, TN – Pull up or pay up. Joe Towns, Jr. a state representative from Memphis, introduced legislation that makes wearing baggy pants or showing your underwear a punishable crime. His is just the latest effort by a lawmaker to crack down on a fashion trend that just won’t die.
Since when is the government in the business of dictating fashion? I don’t care to particularly see young men’s boxer shorts either, but listen you senile old farts, remember the stuff we used to wear back in the 60′s and 70′s? Oh the rage and outrage over mini-skirts! As long as their genitalia are covered, then I reckon they can show their under shorts off if they want to.
Come on Nashville, we don’t need you to tell us how to dress or restricting where we can purchase our table wine. Don’t you have more serious issues to spend your time on?
