Brought to you by WBIW News and Network Indiana
Last updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2014
(UNDATED) - Indiana liquor stores are dismissing an attempt to legalize Sunday alcohol sales as the work of big corporations.
Patrick Tamm heads the Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers. He notes state law requires package store owners to live in-state, while Kroger, Walmart and other retailers have lobbied for looser alcohol laws in multiple states. He contends the battle for Sunday alcohol sales is an attempt by big business to "take over Main Street."
Tamm argues the dangers associated with alcohol make it appropriate to limit how, when and where it can be sold. He contends supermarkets already have an advantage because many restrictions, on what liquor stores can sell or whom they can hire, don't apply to them.
And Tamm questions supermarkets' argument that the state is losing sales across state lines. He says stores near the border actually gain customers from out of state, because of higher alcohol taxes in neighboring states. And he says studies by Ball State and the legislature's own fiscal analysts have concluded repealing the ban wouldn't increase total sales.
1340 AM WBIW welcomes comments and suggestions by calling 812.277.1340 during normal business hours or by email at comments@wbiw.com
© Ad-Venture Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.