Comments on: Open Up for UP is Collecting Signatures

By: UP Lush

UP Lush — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:53:29 +0000

Are you telling me the Centennial around the corner from Tom Thumb in HPV does not sell liquor? At least half of UP is closer to that than to any other retail area.

First those snobby HPers turn their noses up at us UPers and now they’re stealing our sales tax – what’s next, they going to claim our high school?

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:11:41 +0000

There is your slippery slope @Purdue; are we going to equalize our laws with the neighbor to the south which would allow for beer and wine. Or are we going to equalize our laws with the neighbor to our north, east and west which would allow for package liquor sales?

By: PurdueResident

PurdueResident — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:15:13 +0000

Yup, good point James. As we all know, beer leads to a margaritas, and margaritas lead to crack cocaine. It’s a real slippery slope…

@Lush — I don’t know the full legal details, but I believe that the TABC makes the distinction on wine/beer versus liquor in these laws. Not that all those laws aren’t stupid also, but they aren’t in UP’s control. The important thing is for UP to equalize its laws with neighboring areas so that our businesses are competing on a level playing field.

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:09:47 +0000

@UP Lush,

You’ll have to touch base with Kmom, Maggie, Max, Neal, Chris, Gagree, PurdueResident, bdad, and especially Grump. They are all for beer and wine sales, but I’m not sure about their take on liquor sales.

Can anybody say “Slippery Slope”?

By: UP Lush

UP Lush — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:54:51 +0000

Can someone tell me why the petition doesn’t include the retail sale of take away liquor? Smells like somebody thinks you can be half pregnant. Is it a more difficult petition or vote or something?

How is selling gin (and tonic) any worse than selling beer and wine. Doesn’t not selling liquor defeat the whole convenience and losing tax dollar argument? Illogical, illogical, can’t compute.

Maybe I just like to get drunk quicker than the rest of you.

Of course, there is absolutely no reason we shouldn’t do away with unicard.

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:40:35 +0000

@Gagree;

I don’t drink anymore. However we can go to Max’s and I’ll have a grapefruit izzy.

By: PurdueResident

PurdueResident — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:02:58 +0000

@ Neal — Very good observation, you’re not missing anything. I’ve done my best to spar directly with James on the issues in this entry: http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/2010/04/26/which-is-more-family-oriented-a-semi-automatic-or-a-beer/

Open up for UP will have my signature this weekend.

By: Gagree

Gagree — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:33:56 +0000

James Tucker, why don’t we discuss this issue further over a couple of beers?

By: Max Fuqua

Max Fuqua — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:18:01 +0000

James, Since you posted the link yourself, you should know that the website belongs to Texas Petition Strategies, not the Perryman Group. Also please don’t lump me in with your so-called untruthful government/lobbying industry crowd. I did inform Merritt that we want to end the private club system and she chose not to report that part of the story. I’ll be around if you need any additional help with this.

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:17:12 +0000

@Neal;

Your like Adam eating the apple that Eve handed to him. Hope it tastes as good as you think it will.