Liquor would bring more problems here
It is sad but true that political campaigns seldom remain clean and honest. Gone are the days where voters are presented with the facts, allowed to support their choice on an issue and the best side wins.
One side or the other often resorts to methods which are unethical or in some cases illegal. This is the case in our local referendum on liquor by the drink.
Around McMinnville, the yard signs which support liquor by the drink remain much as they did the day they were put up. The signs, however, for those who are against the referendum are disappearing. Large numbers of signs have been stolen. This takes away the rights of the voters to see how many people oppose liquor, takes away the freedom of individuals to express their opinion, and breaks laws against trespassing and theft.
If these types of activities take place before liquor is legal in our community, what does that give us to look forward to should this referendum pass?
The voters deserve the facts. There are many citizens who would not trade liquor for a life. The number of people who wish to drive safely on the streets of McMinnville far outweigh the number of those who wish to have a couple of drinks at a bar.
Liquor by the drink would bring alcoholism, drunk driving, broken families and death. Voters deserve facts not fiction.
Tim Fariss
283 Airport Lake Road
McMinnville