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Alcohol ballot has more than one issue at stake
By Michael A. Smith
The Daily News
Published October 23, 2009
Friendswood voters should be clear on a point about the alcohol sales vote as they go to polls between now and Nov. 3. Friendswood’s downtown corridor — a stretch of FM 518 between FM 528 and FM 2351 — has been dry since 1963. Only private clubs can sell alcohol in the dry area.
Proposition 1 would allow for the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption.
Proposition 2 would allow restaurants to sell mixed beverages.
If voters approve both propositions, restaurants could sell wine, beer and mixed beverages and stores could sell wine and beer.
At issue is whether the city’s downtown restaurants and grocery stores will be allowed to sell alcohol.
On a deeper level, the issue is whether the city wants restaurants in that zone. There won’t be any if they can’t sell alcohol.
What’s not at issue is whether people ought to drink.
People who want to drink can and will do so despite the antique ban.
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