Indian Gaming

Sunday liquor sales at the casino owned by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians are once again an issue of debate in Alabama:

On Aug. 5, 2006, in The Wetumpka Herald, there was an article about a public hearing with the PCI Gaming Tribal Council presenting the petition for a liquor license in Wetumpka.

At this meeting, Kathy Sanford, director of the First Baptist Church Child Development Center, said in Wetumpka the city regulates alcohol sales by the proximity to day care facilities. She said two of the biggest day care facilities in the city are directly across from the gaming facility.

Thad Hankins, a resident of River Oaks, expressed his concern about the safety of his children and drunk drivers coming through the neighborhood.

I wonder how the mayor, city council members, restaurant owners and managers and citizens of Wetumpka who are for the sale of alcohol on Sundays would feel if their child or grandchild were to be killed by a drunk driver on a Sunday? What great good does alcohol do that justifies us legalizing the sale of it on Sundays?

Get the Story:
Letter from Hazel Downs: Apparently it's not about the people (The Wetumpka Herald 3/18)

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