Legalized liquor will impact us all
I am writing in regards to the liquor by the drink ruling coming up. I realize this is a city taxpayers only issue, but would like to state how this will affect the county residents too. As you know, this issue came up two years ago at about this same time.
I thought this is not of any concern to me, since I am a county resident. Well, I was very wrong.
Liquor by the anything is not good for this county. If everyone will take note, there is way too much drunk driving going on here. The alcohol is not really the issue here, it is the irresponsible person who drinks and drives who needs to be brought out here.
Those folks who go to a restaurant, have a couple of drinks, and return home driving a vehicle, don’t all live in the city. There is a lot more at stake here than the fact that folks may go to neighboring counties to eat out. Folks, pay attention to the arrests for drunk driving, the drug arrests and remember we have a choice of voting this riffraff out of here.
Yes this was my business. I was silent two years ago. But it will soon be two years that our daughter went to work one morning, came home, went to her mailbox and was killed by a drunk driver. The pain this has caused can never be explained unless it is felt by you. I pray the city taxpayers will think about this possibly being one of their children in the future.
Believe me, I too thought something this horrible could never happen to us. You see, she lived within a block of the city limits, but did not have a chance on this rural road. And so it was, and is my business, because this happened before my very eyes — she lived next door to me.
Sincerely,
Sandra Billings
141 Kennedy St.
McMinnville