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Library : Newspaper Articles Plainview Liquor Store to Provide Two New Police Cars "Profits from the Plainview Municipal Liquor Store will be used to fund the purchase of two new replacement police vehicles. The two new Dodge Intrepids will replace the Ford Crown Victorias currently being used. The Intrepids are scheduled to be delivered in late December or early January, 2003. Police Chief Randy Doughty stated, 'I know that besides the two new Intrepids, the Liquor Store has financed other projects for the City. For example, we received new defibrillators paid for by funding from the Liquor Store. The Liquor Store has also financed playground equipment for the Edgewood Park, rain gutters for the Ambulance Building and $60,000 for the bike trail. When it comes down to it, every dollar of profit that Donny hall and his crew make is one less dollar that the City needs to tax for.'" Plainview News : November 21, 2002 Full Article City levy, capital improvements and budget figures approved Ed DuBois - Staff Writer "Under revenues, Auger listed the following amounts: $634,372 from property taxes, $1.47 million from the state (LGA, Local Government Aid), $287,045 from permits and licenses, $1.025 million from transfers (of this, $300,000 is from the municipal liquor store, which goes directly to the Park Fund for children's programs), and $1.108 million from 'other'." Wright County Journal-Press : December 6, 2002 Full Article Local man charged for buying large quantities of alcohol for minors John Sucansky, Staff Writer "The Lakeville department has focused on the question of how kids come into possession of alcohol, and the method of an older acquaintance procuring it for them would be necessary because of the strict regulation within the municipally-operated stores in Lakeville. [Lakeville Police Chief Dave Martens] said the police will continue to aggressively pursue this issue, especially in light of the possible change in law at the state level, which would allow grocery stores to sell alcohol. Martens said the change almost passed during the last legislative session and that if it were to pass during the next, it would make it increasingly difficult for stores and police to prevent juveniles from purchasing alcohol." Lakeville/Farmington This Week Full Article Grocers can't sell wine, but they can sell coolers Ann Merrill / Star Tribune "The grocery industry lost its recent legislative battle to sell wine in Twin Cities supermarkets, but at least one chain is making a dramatic move to promote what it can sell legally. Hopkins-based Rainbow Foods on Thursday ran a full-page ad in Twin Cities daily newspapers hawking Seagram's coolers at a price considerably lower than they sell for at most liquor stores. Because Seagram's uses malt rather than wine in its coolers, they are 3.2 percent alcohol, eligible for sale in Minnesota grocery stores along with 3.2 beer. Rainbow bought a major shipment of about 3,200 cases of the coolers. Is the cooler promotion a sour grapes campaign on the part of grocers following the legislative defeat?" excerpted from Mpls Star Tribune : Monday, April 6, 2001 Star Trib Archives NO: Public safety risks too high Jim Farrell and Paul Kaspszak, Commentators "Simply put, the legislative proposal to sell intoxicating alcoholic beverages (wine) in grocery stores is bad public policy.... It has been scientifically documented that an increased access to alcohol, as the grocers propose, only increases the opportunities for underage access and consumption problems. The grocers are trying to manipulate the public into believing their alleged code of conduct is adequate to ensure the responsible sale of intoxicating alcohol. Contrary to that, research shows that outlets for 3.2 beer, including supermarkets, are the leading violators of compliance checks." excerpted from St. Paul Pioneer Press : Sunday, March 4, 2001 SPP Archives Op-Ed: Grocers' wine proposal is more corporate greed Jaime L. Martinez "I don't think many of us who hear the grocers talk about providing wine as a convenience really believe them. It is about corporate greed. And worse, it is greed that ignores the fact that Minnesota already has a serious problem with alcohol... If the grocers want to be good Minnesota citizens, they should put the health and safety of our communities ahead of their corporate bottom line." excerpted from St. Paul Pioneer Press : Sunday, March 4, 2001 SPP Archives Grocery wine is more disruption that convenience Editorial "The supermarkets want legislators to believe that their request is all about wine shoppers and their convenience. They want you to agree. Shoppers, beware: The proposal before the Legislature is more about increasing supermarket profits. ...the added measure of convenience in their proposal seems small when compared with its full disruptive potential, even for wine shoppers themselves. This change does not seem worth making." Mpls Star Tribune : Monday, February 19, 2001 Star Trib Archives Bottle Battle David Hanners, Staff Writer "Paper or plastic for your pinot? If Minnesota grocers get their way, wine will be available in supermarkets in the seven-county metro area. Liquor store owners aren't the only ones opposed to the idea." St. Paul Pioneer Press : Sunday, February 11, 2001 SPP Archives Grocery stores shouldn't sell wine Rick Orndorf, Staff Writer "Grocery stores should follow the lead of such places as Byerly's and Costco, which attach liquor stores to their stores. I see this as being a link to the convenience for which consumers are looking. The Minnesota Grocers Association should be promoting the side-by-side retailing and let the legislators focus on more important matters." Lakeville/Farmington This Week Full Article |