Letter to my representatives
to SD26@senate.state.oh.us,
district81@ohr.state.oh.us
date Mon, Feb 16, 2009
subject Ridiculous law!
mailed-by pepperguy.com
Dear Senator Gillmor and Representative Wagner,
For years I’ve had trouble understanding the reasoning behind Ohio’s alcohol-on-Sunday laws, but yesterday I was struck by just how ridiculous they really are.
My wife and I were at the Anderson’s General Store in Northwood picking up a few things for a nice meal. We decided to splurge on some good beer and a bottle of wine as well. While browsing the wine aisles shortly before noon, we saw the sign that said “No wine or liquor sales until after 1PM.” This was the law that has always bugged me… but it gets better… I COULD still buy beer before 1! The Anderson’s has a great selection of craft beers and micro brews, many of which run in the 10-12% alcohol by volume range. So, I could have bought a beer with a higher alcohol content than the bottles of wine that I could NOT buy.
My main complaint comes with the existence of any “Sunday” alcohol laws at all. Why Sundays? Is it a religion thing? If so, what business does the government have legislating religion?? And if it doesn’t have a religious background, why the different rules on Sunday at all? I would think that Sundays before football games would be a prime beer-buying time and by repealing these laws, the state’s “sin tax” revenue on Sunday alcohol sales could spike upwards!
Let’s get rid of Ohio’s Sunday alcohol sales laws altogether!
Thank you,
Grant Cummings
344 Lincoln St.
P.O. Box 73
Elmore, OH 43416
3 comments February 16 2009 2:56 pm | Pepperguy | Grant
Amen!
Lexington had no beer/liquor wine sales on sunday’s until last year or so. Now they have the 1pm law. It seems to be mostly a religious thing, I saw a lot of letters to the editors about Sunday’s being a day for alcoholics drying out. What drives me crazy is that I can’t buy wine in a grocery store here. Wine and liquor has to be sold in separate establishments. Although I think this is kept in place by the big liquor stores. They argue that the underage stock boys at the grocery stores would steal the wine (though they don’t steal the beer I guess). In reality the liquor stores would take a big hit if wine was sold in grocery stores.
I think you should run for office.