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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,2:09 pm |
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A wealth of information at www.minnesotasmart.com.
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Tiger 
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,2:18 pm |
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iowegian, I have to disagree that you would get "lots" of the bingo money and pull tab money from our local clubs in town. The people going to the "Clubs" spending that money on a regular basis are "older" people. Most of these "older" people won't drive 15 miles to spend money in Northwood. They like their local "Elks" club bingo night. It's a social thing for them. I do agree some of the money will come to Northwood but not "lots" like you stated.
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hoosier
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,2:58 pm |
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Thanks local guy, I will check it out. Who sponsors the site? Is it unbiased? Or does it have a political objective?
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We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. Garet Garrett
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hoosier
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,3:04 pm |
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Sorry Local guy, just went to the site you mentioned. That is anything but unbiased opinion. The site is there only to lobby against this law, I wouldnt believe anything I read there. Unless I owned a liq. store. Cooking wine maybe was in the stores for a long time, but nothing like what you said. With all due respect, you will have to pick a different source of info If I am to believe it. That site is like watching the O"Rielly Factor to get fair and balanced news, it aint gonna happen. 
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The power of accurate obsvervation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw
The devil begins with froth on the lips of an angel entering into battle for a holy and just cause. Grigory Pomerants
We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. Garet Garrett
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MADDOG
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,4:25 pm |
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I have to agree with hoosier at least to some degree. I know a couple local liquor store owners (the ones in the paper today), but I don't think just wine would hurt their business as much as they think. Still, it would hurt some. Kevin at Southtown has a hard enough time being profitable. Hoosier, Kevin has to drive school bus just for his family to survive.
Growing up in a different state myself, grocery stores sold wine and beer. Any convenience store sold beer and wine coolers, and any bar sold carry out beer. The big difference I see here, is that nearly all liquor stores in my hometown state were state owned and independently/privately operated, and liquor stores were the only place you could buy hard liquor, but you couldn't buy wine or beer there.
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Frustrated
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,4:57 pm |
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Local guy - Very good points. If groceries allowed to sell liquor then should be companion legislation allowing liquor stores to sell other things - gas and milk for instance. Competition is good. Customer service at liquor service could improve as well. How about free ice with purchase? AL is the only place I know of that doesn't do that!
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Tiger
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,5:01 pm |
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Southtown Liquor gives you free ice with purchase. Or they used to at least, haven't been down that way in awhile.
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MADDOG
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,5:36 pm |
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Kevin still gives one free bag of ice with purchase. When Eastside Liquor was still in business, Joe told me that they had passed a law, I don't remember when, that liquor stores couldn't sell peanuts, candy bars and so forth anymore. Seems that they were competing with stores that do.
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The Advocate
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,5:54 pm |
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Hey, To a Tee, I could not think of how I could get ahold of you any cheaper, so I miss you and I love you. Have a really great day. We have really enjoyed our trip thus far and we absolutely loved Barbados. Whow! And Chow!
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hoosier
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2004,6:25 pm |
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Maddog, I consider myself good friends with Kevin, but do we eliminate competition just so people can be guaranteed a living. I would be OK with what Frustrated said, allow the grocery stores to sell wine but allow the carry outs to sell other items that the groceries do. Competition works both ways. I would feel bad for Kevin, dont get me wrong, but I am looking at this from a consumers point of view. And like Minnow said, should the market place, competition and the consumer decide who stays in business and not government controls? Wouldnt we all like to be in a business where politics promises us no competition?
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The power of accurate obsvervation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw
The devil begins with froth on the lips of an angel entering into battle for a holy and just cause. Grigory Pomerants
We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. Garet Garrett
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