Coming Up On Monday’s LFN

Coming up on Monday’s edition of Lubbock’s First News, Senator John Cornyn will be calling into the program early on in the show to discuss the latest in his re-election bid. Also, Congressman Randy Neugebauer will call in at 7:35. We will also take a look at the race for the White House and local news.

Dave Ramsey on Thursday’s LFN!

Be sure to tune in as financial guru and radio show host, and author, and a lot of other cool things, Dave Ramsey calls into the Lubbock’s First News on Thursday morning. We will discuss how YOU can get through the economic crisis. Dave will join us around 8:40 Thursday morning.

9 Days In October

Let Lubbock Vote appeared on Lubbock’s First News earlier today and announced that they had collected and verified more than enough signatures for the petition drive by day 9. In fact, they are still verifying signatures and allowing people to sign the petition at the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. It appears as though Let Lubbock Vote has collected more than 33,000 signatures since October 1st, and they expect more than 25,000 are valid.

Now, there is the TRUTH about Alcohol Sales and what people want in Lubbock.

Let Lubbock Vote still needs contributions to pay for the petition effort. Just go to letlubbockvote.org to contribute.

How will TAAS respond? We will see.

Friday Morning at 8: Let Lubbock Vote Announcement

Be sure to tune in Friday morning at 8am to Lubbock’s First News with Chad Hasty for an announcement by members of Let Lubbock Vote. LFN can be heard on 790AM KFYO in Lubbock.

Let Lubbock Vote needs your help by way of donations. To contribute, go to letlubbockvote.org.

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LABA Jones: Pressure and Voters’ Rights

In today’s Daily Toreador, the alcohol petition is being discussed and LABA’s very own Larry Jones had some interesting quotes. I’ll also throw in a bonus Tech student quote below: (link to full story)

The key opponent to the petitions is Larry Jones, director of missions with the Lubbock Area Baptist Association.

Jones said he and 18 other citizens of Lubbock County have formed an opposing PAC called “Truth About Alcohol Sales,” which discourages voters from signing the petitions and asks them to vote against the propositions in the event enough signatures are obtained to become propositions on next year’s ballots.

“We’re getting organized,” he said Monday. “We now have a private location. We have opened a bank account with $1,300 in it, and two members have pledged $7,500 for our first advertisements.”

Jones said his PAC is concerned that voters’ rights are being violated by petition officials who seek people willing to sign the petition.

“They’re saying that they’re getting a great response from the voters,” he said, “but many people that I’ve talked to who don’t want to sign the petition feel harassed and pressured to do so.”

“I filled out the petition Saturday here,” said Marli Street, a freshman public relations major from Pampa. “I actually did feel pressured to do so. The man was very (insistent) about me filling out the paper. He kept saying he was going to make it as simple as possible for me to fill it out. I just felt a little taken aback by how pressured I felt.”

Wow, Mr. Jones is now concerned that voters’ rights are being violated? His group (LABA) and PAC are AGAINST VOTING IN THE FIRST PLACE! How can he be even concerned about this voters’ rights when he his trying to shutdown voting on this issue all together? What planet is he living on? Can’t those who want to vote for alcohol claim that Larry Jones is violating my right to vote?

And to the Tech student who felt pressured to sign the petition…GROW UP. If you don’t want to sign it, walk away. Just because you signed something that you claim you had no idea about doesn’t mean you were pressured. It means your an idiot who signed a piece of paper. Look, to those who don’t want to sign the petition…no problem. Just say no thank you and walk away.

More on this story tomorrow.

 

 

Study: Alcohol sales can bring money, jobs to dry districts

 From the Dallas Morning News today:

Study: Alcohol sales can bring money, jobs to dry districts 6:35 AM CT

 

06:37 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 8, 2008

 

 

By JEFF MOSIER / The Dallas Morning News
jmosier@dallasnews.com

 

Cities that lift their bans on alcohol sales stand to gain millions of dollars in new spending and potentially create hundreds of new jobs, according an economic and fiscal impact study being released today.

Waco economist Ray Perryman is scheduled to talk about his findings at meetings this morning in Weatherford and Irving. Voters in both cities will decide next month whether to ease restrictions on alcohol sales.

Alcohol propositions are on also the ballots in Southlake, Melissa, Greenville, Roanoke, Waxahachie and Fort Worth, where some annexed areas are dry. There are at least 18 wet-dry elections on Nov. 4 ballots in Texas.

The identity of the organization sponsoring the study was not immediately available; however, a summary of the report was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Texas Hospitality Association. The industry group was formed in 2007 to represent businesses that sell alcohol and is sponsoring Dr. Perryman’s appearances today.

Based on past economic activity, Dr. Perryman calculated the expected economic changes likely to occur when cities of varying sizes change from “dry” to “wet.”

A city of 25,000 would likely see a $19 million increase in spending and the creation of 185 new jobs, according to the report summary. A city with 100,000 residents would add $90 million to the economy and generate 860 new jobs. A city of 150,000 would expect a $134 million increase in spending and the addition of 1,400 new jobs.

The calculations assumed that the smallest city has an average per capita income 10 percent below the state average, the middle city is average, and the largest city is 20 percent above average.

The summary also reported that sales tax revenue increased by 29.7 percent in North Texas cities that recently approved alcohol sales. Sales taxes increased by 1.12 percent in the six local cities that voted to stay dry.

“The increased sales tax revenue cannot be fully attributed to adult beverages, but the positive impact modernizing these laws has had on economic activity is undeniable,” according to the association’s news release.

Opponents of local alcohol election proposals have argued that along with the increased sales tax revenue come more crime, higher law enforcement costs and lower property values.

Sue Ann Mackey, a spokeswoman for Save Our Community in Mesquite, fought against two alcohol propositions in 2007. Residents voted to allow alcohol sales in restaurants but not in stores.

Ms. Mackey said that the state benefits far more from alcohol sales than individual cities. And she said that cities strongly feel the negative effects, which can include destroyed families.

“It pulls down the stores. It pulls down the community,” Ms. Mackey said about alcohol sales.

LINK

Source: Anti-Alcohol Crowd Hassling Signers

Just got word from a source of mine inside the Let Lubbock Vote organization that at one of the petition locations has had issues today and a field worker reported in that:

“(those)opposing are hassling petition signers and one of them even tore a completed petition page in two, then another one of them actually spit on one of the petition signs.”

This seems to fall in line with another experience someone had. This post is from someone posting on the popular message board RaiderPower.com:

My wife and I went to WalMart on Quaker around lunch and signed the petition.

I would love to sit out there for an hour and listen to everyone’s responses when they are asked if they want to sign the petition.  When we were there I heard a few “hell yeah’s.”

My favorite people though were the ones that didn’t want to sign it.  The first guy was asked if he would sign to get alcohol on the ballot.  His response was “Put it OONNN the ballot???”, “Yes sir”….”NO WAY!!”

There was a lady right behind him, who the volunteer asked if  she was a registered voter in Lubbock.  She said, “Yeah…but I’m not signing that sh!t,”  all while rolling her eyes and scoffing at the volunteer collecting signatures.  I think the vast majority of people are all for this, but those that aren’t are quite entertaining when asked to sign the petition.

This doesn’t sound like a plan TAAS/LABA would put together. Instead it sounds like a few idiots who don’t agree with the petition drive, and can’t express themselves in a civil manner. It’s amazing how much hatred some have for this.

Why Let Lubbock Vote Can Take Money From Anyone They Want

2 PACS for two different reasons. I’ve noticed that there is still discussion out there about why Let Lubbock Vote feels it’s okay to take money from those who would benifit from alcohol sales while saying TAAS(Truth About Alcohol Sales) should not take money from those who profit off of sales. I’m not really sure why it’s so hard to understand why one is being hypocritical and the other isn’t.

When the Lubbock Area Baptist Association announced they would form a PAC and fight against the petition drive I invited them onto the morning show. I asked Larry Jones whether the PAC, LABA, or any of the member Churches would accept money from those who sell alcohol and at that time he gave a non-answer. You can go to the podcast site and hear it yourself. In fact, to this day the new PAC, TAAS, has not ruled out taking money from those (owners of the strip) who profit off the sell of alcohol right now.

So why shouldn’t they take the money? TAAS was not formed because they hate voting. They were not formed because they hated democracy. No, TAAS was formed because the members and supporters hate alcohol. TAAS believes that alcohol leads to evil and that alcohol is bad for the family. They hate alcohol because alcohol will bring in more homeless people, prostitutes, drunk driving, violence, and other crimes. Don’t believe me? Here is Dr. Jones quoted from KCBD on Wednesday Oct. 1st:

“We will do everything we need to do to fight this battle,” Larry Jones with TAAS said.  He opposes expanded alcohol sales for several reasons.  “Not just alcohol, but bars.  Not just bars, but prostitution.  Not just prostitution, but organized crime.  We’re begging for an escalation of all of these factors because of increased alcohol,” Jones said.

Now, why would an organization that believes alcohol sales would do all of that take money from those who sell alcohol? Wouldn’t that be blood money? If TAAS takes money from anyone who currently makes a profit from the sell of alcohol it shows that they are hypocrites. Alcohol is bad…but hey we will take their money! That doesn’t sound right to me. You can’t be against something so much and be so adament against it yet take the money from it’s sell. All your doing is saying to people hey, go drink and help fund our movement.

Let Lubbock Vote has never come out for or against anything other than being for voting. They never criticized anyone. Let Lubbock Vote wants a vote and that’s it. The Chamber, which formed this PAC, is pro-business. If WalMart, 7/11, United, etc. get to sell alcohol and make more money…isn’t that good for business? When polled, nearly 90% of the Chamber’s members supported alcohol sales and for the Chamber to get involved. So how exactly is it hypocritical for Let Lubbock Vote, a group pushing for voting not sales, to take money from any type of business?

At the end of the day, TAAS can take money from anyone they want and that’s fine. If TAAS wants to take money from those who profit off of alcohol sales, that’s great. It is a free country. But if they do, in it’s next press release when TAAS is describing the evils of alcohol such as domestic violence, child abuse, drunk driving, prostitution, homelessness, sex, organized crime, and death…they should add this one thing to the list: TAAS PAC Contributor.

Let Lubbock Vote Interview Podcast

If you missed today’s interview with Let Lubbock Vote, you can now listen to it on podcast. Just go to our podcast section of chadhasty.com or just go here:     http://chadhastyshow.podomatic.com/