Comments on: Vote __ On Question One (Updated) http://andrewteman.org/blog/2006/10/18/vote-no-on-question-one/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:45:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tracy http://andrewteman.org/blog/2006/10/18/vote-no-on-question-one/#comment-4757 Tracy Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:15:11 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/2006/10/18/vote-no-on-question-one/#comment-4757 I love how the debate is centered around what Shaws and Stop and Shop may or may not do. There are more grocery stores around than those two. I would love it if all Trader Joes and Whole Foods locations could carry wine. And that's not for some false idea of convenience but rather a real one. When I lived in NH, we would do our grocery shopping at the Hanover Co-op, which sold some pretty decent stuff. We could talk to the workers there who helped us pick some pretty good pairings with the stuff in our grocery cart. I wish we could do that here, and in fact, if we lived closer to the three stores of each chain which can carry wine, we could. Instead, we're left running another errand and getting sub par dinner pairings because it involves two stores instead of one. And what really pisses me off about the whole matter is that the local convenience store about a block or two from my office sells both wine and beer. Apparently, it's ok to give them a liquor license but not most grocery stores. I love how the debate is centered around what Shaws and Stop and Shop may or may not do. There are more grocery stores around than those two. I would love it if all Trader Joes and Whole Foods locations could carry wine. And that’s not for some false idea of convenience but rather a real one. When I lived in NH, we would do our grocery shopping at the Hanover Co-op, which sold some pretty decent stuff. We could talk to the workers there who helped us pick some pretty good pairings with the stuff in our grocery cart. I wish we could do that here, and in fact, if we lived closer to the three stores of each chain which can carry wine, we could. Instead, we’re left running another errand and getting sub par dinner pairings because it involves two stores instead of one.

And what really pisses me off about the whole matter is that the local convenience store about a block or two from my office sells both wine and beer. Apparently, it’s ok to give them a liquor license but not most grocery stores.

]]> By: Eric http://andrewteman.org/blog/2006/10/18/vote-no-on-question-one/#comment-4751 Eric Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:52:35 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/2006/10/18/vote-no-on-question-one/#comment-4751 I'm voting "yes" based on principle. The attack adds from the "no" party are so riddled with non-sequiturs, that they deserve to lose. Is there a direct correlation between selling wine in grocery stores and drunk driving fatalities? Fuck no. And, no, I honestly don't believe that our beer selection will dwindle as a result. When I went to school in Ithaca, NY, there was a plenty good beer selection at Wegmens -- a super market. The market will support good beer if there is demand. Austin's will still have the best beer selection in Worcester because people are buying it. Hell, Austin even turned off the florescent lights in the beer isle because the buying public demanded it -- they wouldn't have done that if no one cared about the beer. Prop one will make no difference. More consumer choice is good. I’m voting “yes” based on principle. The attack adds from the “no” party are so riddled with non-sequiturs, that they deserve to lose. Is there a direct correlation between selling wine in grocery stores and drunk driving fatalities? Fuck no.

And, no, I honestly don’t believe that our beer selection will dwindle as a result. When I went to school in Ithaca, NY, there was a plenty good beer selection at Wegmens — a super market. The market will support good beer if there is demand.

Austin’s will still have the best beer selection in Worcester because people are buying it. Hell, Austin even turned off the florescent lights in the beer isle because the buying public demanded it — they wouldn’t have done that if no one cared about the beer. Prop one will make no difference. More consumer choice is good.

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