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.