The board of alderman tonight approved the proposed resolution and ordinance to allow for the sale of cold beer and light wine in Starkville tonight. This change will go into effect 30 days after the ordinance is formally presented to the public in the local paper, which should be Thursday. All board members but P.C. MacLauren approved the measure.
I'm excited over the change. I have been working towards this night for the past month. I know a lot of people who will appreciate the simple privilege. I think I will celebrate by walking over to Roxies and purchasing... a cold beer.
In other news from tonight's meeting, more people attended to protest a possible change to the Planning and Zoning board. The core of the issue revolves around the fact that after the redistricting of the wards several members of the PNZ board found themselves in another ward than they were in previously. This left 4 wards: 2, 4, 6, & 7 without a representative on the board. Proposed fixes to this problem ranged from just adding 4 more members for a total of 13 to changing to board to only 7 members, one from each ward, and allowing the board members to reapply for their seat. The motion that passed was to replace one member's seat who had just left recently with one of the unrepresented wards and temporarily add 3 more seats for the other three wards. Then, in 10 months when three of the board member's terms will expire, their seat will disappear entirely and we will continue to have our 9 member board with at least one representative from each ward.
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Cold beer in Starkville?! Thank you!
Great job Richard, we all appreciate your hard work. Grab a cold one!
I can use my freezer for food now instead of beer, lol.
We are grateful for your effort. Keep it up!
Do you really think that without the sale of cold beer in Starkville that MSU was "the worst campus in the SEC", as you stated in the Clarion-Ledger,or were you misquoted or just carried away with yourself following the passage of the new ordinance?
jls,
I responded to your question on Adam's blog:
here
If you want to discuss it further please feel free to contact me on the blog or at:
rcorey@cityofstarkville.org
662-574-2364 (cell)
Awesome job on the cold beer ordinance, Richard. I've waited to see that happen for a very long time.
Not to jump the gun, but is there any chance that the ban on Sunday beer sales will ever be lifted? Honestly, I thought that would happen before we ever saw cold beer here. Thanks. Eat your heart out, Ole Miss!
Yeah, I second removing the Sunday Blue Law.
Isn't it odd that we still have problems with these "beer on sunday" laws. If you are for beer, you are for it any time all the time. If you think that it's bad, is there ever a good time for it?
What's so bad about drinking a beer on sunday. I recall a place called the noxubee refuge that was pretty suited for that purpose.
Isn't it odd that we still have problems with these "beer on sunday" laws. If you are for beer, you are for it any time all the time. If you think that it's bad, is there ever a good time for it?
What's so bad about drinking a beer on sunday. I recall a place called the noxubee refuge that was pretty suited for that purpose.
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