Liquor Sales Close to Home
Excuse me while I climb back on my soapbox. While you may tire of hearing me rail on about problems with alcohol, I know that booze is a deceiver and a destroyer, and those are a couple of things I don’t like around my community, my family, or anywhere else for that matter.
I was wondering if maybe we could get the City Council in Colleyville to give us a little help. I was reading from the Star-Telegram that they are going to help some entities – why not you and me?
Colleyville voters approved the sale of liquor in May. Ron Ruthven, Colleyville’s community development director, said the council will conduct public hearings Aug. 3 and Aug. 17 before casting final votes on the permits. Ruthven said the council will consider each application individually, applying such zoning restrictions as a 300-foot separation between the property lines of the store and a church, hospital or school. Ft. Worth Star-Telegram – July 25, 2010
Do you suppose we could get the City Council to create a “300 foot separation” between the drunk drivers and your teen-age driver, or your mom, or you? Can we get a “300 foot separation” requirement between the drunk drivers and Colleyville’s shiny new fire trucks? (See the article in the same paper regarding a drunk and a fire truck – July 26, 2010 by Domingo Ramirez) And, can we get a “300 foot separation” to keep that cadre of Ft. Worth cops who drink to excess, and then destroy things, from coming over to Colleyville to buy their liquor?
I’ll trade that “300 foot separation” from my Church for anyone of these. I’ll bet you would too.
I am afraid our society is never going to learn – ” under the influence of strong drink you will be open to disaster.” (Proverbs 23:33-34 AMP)