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MAKE LUBBOCK MOIST

MAKE LUBBOCK MOIST. Jake Williams Kevin Brown Brent Brown Michael Tatum. Audience . Lubbock County Commissioners Precinct 3 . The Primary Debate. The primary debate today is Wet vs. Dry.

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MAKE LUBBOCK MOIST

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  1. MAKE LUBBOCK MOIST Jake Williams Kevin Brown Brent Brown Michael Tatum

  2. Audience • Lubbock County Commissioners Precinct 3

  3. The Primary Debate • The primary debate today is Wet vs. Dry. • To get a better understanding, we must first distinguish what Lubbock is and the history behind the reoccurring topic.

  4. Lubbock County • Lubbock County is actually Wet. • The City of Lubbock is what we would consider dry. • So, “The Strip” is located just south of the Lubbock City Limits.

  5. Controversy • There are many people who think that Lubbock should stay the way it is. • And of course there are many people who think that Lubbock should be wet….

  6. Proposal • Our Proposal is to Make Lubbock Moist. • Making Lubbock entirely wet will upset a mass of people, but keeping Lubbock dry is not the solution. • So why not meet in-between? • Allowing Lubbock to be moist will allow the sales of packaged beer and wine inside the city limits.

  7. Proposal Reasons • Lubbock is losing lots of retinue. • The distance to drive to “The Strip” is ridiculous.

  8. Distance to The Strip • According to Yahoo Driving Directions, it is 8.5 miles from Indiana and 19th to The Strip at a projected 16 minutes one way. • A 32 minutes round trip is too long to purchase packaged alcohol.

  9. History • Dry: To not allow the sale of packaged alcohol in a county or city. • Moist: To allow only, the sale of packaged beer and wine. • Wet: To allow any sales of packaged alcohol.

  10. History Con’t… • In Texas there are 46 counties that are completely dry, and 169 that are moist.

  11. History Con’t… • In 1843, the Republic of Texas passed what may have been the first local-option measure in North America. • This would allow local communities to decide whether they would sell alcohol or not.

  12. History Con’t… • In 1916 Prohibition would be instated. • And not until 1933, toward the end of The Great Depression, would Prohibition end.

  13. History Con’t… • From 1933 to the mid 1970s, Lubbock would stay entirely dry. • After the 21st Amendment of The City of Lubbock, would Lubbock become partially dry. • The city would now only allow the sale of alcohol on the basis of individual drinks in bars and restaurants.

  14. Benefits • One, it would cut down the distance people would have to drive to buy packages alcohol. • According to the SGA of Texas Tech there were 10 alcohol related deaths and 250 alcohol related accidents in 2000. All of these accidents were on Highway27/87 which is the route to the strip where alcohol is sold.

  15. Benefits Con’t… • In Lubbock country in 2001 there were 23 alcohol related accidents and this makes up 65 percent of the total accidents. • This percentage is higher than Dallas, Harris, and Travis Counties. Dallas and Harris Counties are both moist and Travis County is completely wet. Therefore, it stands to reason that being dry does not necessarily cut down on the percent of alcohol accidents.

  16. Benefits Con’t… • In 2001, Texas took in more than $990 million in alcohol excise and sales taxes and almost $28 million in licensing fees. • Selling beer and wine inside Lubbock would boost city sales taxes an estimated $860,000 a year. • These extra taxes can be used for roads, education and/or other public works.

  17. Public Opinion • A vast majority of college students support the idea of allowing alcohol sales in Lubbock. • One of the city’s most important people, Mayor Marc McDougal thinks the city should become moist. "I am probably in the minority on the City Council, but I think an election needs to be called to consider alcohol sales in our city," he said. "The sales tax revenue alone would impact Lubbock greatly.”

  18. In Conclusion • There are obvious pros to making Lubbock moist. • But will you actually put in the extra effort to help the issue?

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