Cold Beer... finally!

What never should have happened in the first place will hopefully change at tomorrow's board of alderman meeting. I will make a motion to allow for cold beer sales in the city of Starkville. Either tomorrow's meeting will be like any other, or it will be standing room only, full of people anxious to voice an opinion one way or the other. The restriction on cold beer is unneccessary and does more harm than good for the following reasons:

• If the concern is intoxication while driving, it is far more likely for a resident to get home safely when they don't have to drive half an hour, as in West Point or Columbus, to buy their cold beer.
• Starkville loses sales tax revenue when people go to other cities to buy cold beer.
• Beer spoils faster when not kept cold, which can further drive up costs for businesses.

I personally don't believe that restricting cold beer prevents accidents. If anything, people are more likely to go ahead and drink on the way back from a half hour trip. Furthermore, as adults 21 and over, the government allows us to purchase beer. It should not then restrict the temperature of the beer itself.

Finally, cold beer is something that many of the citizens of Starkville and people who visit want to see. Earlier today I was on the air with Supertalk Mississippi discussing my opinion on the importance of electronic voting machines that create paper trails (which i'll cover in a later post). The hosts J.T. and Dave asked me when cold beer was going to be allowed in Starkville. This is something that people around the state and alumni nation-wide have wanted to see.