The district, which would allow regulated open containers of alcohol in part of downtown, could foster economic growth, speakers said -- or lots of alcohol-related problems.
So the Blue Zone, which intended to improve the overall health of Brevard by assisting residents with making healthier choices - and endorsed by the city - may now be replaced with the Booze Zone. That's civic progress :|
We wholeheartedly agree with those at the council meeting pleading that this proposal be turned down. Eighty percent of the speakers made cogent and reasonable arguments for how the personality of Brevard that attracts residents and visitors alike would be changed forever. And to what end? To benefit the few? This is unconscionable.
The idea that this is going to attract people who want to get obliterated on a street bench and start fights is heinous. Those individuals will do that in society regardless of this and its also wildly hard to do in a town where everything shutters at nine. You've been presented with supporting facts to the opposite of your fears by your own police chief and fail yet again to show any amount of plasticity in your logical reasoning. These programs have been shown, statistically, to help stimulate local economics without increasing crime, including those related to intoxication. Why would someone not be more likely to engage with businesses walking around with the glass of wine they'd otherwise have finished at a table using all of their free time before needing to go home? It's not a free saloon at every corner and they're often run very intelligently, with class, in any town I've visited that allowed it. Encourage you to re-evaluate where you've visited out of that list of 22 local communities and ask yourself if you felt that you recognized this policy driving your feeling of being unsafe or morally attacked in that town.
It is hard to see any real economic upside to this proposal for the community as a whole. I can’t imagine any of the gallery owners are in favor of it. I spoke to one gallery owner who was decidedly not in favor of the proposed “social district.” Nice euphemism, by the way, But was any polling done of downtown businesses? No, of course not. Brevard does not need people walking around with beer or wine in snippy cups. Please, let’s preserve our county seat and downtown for what it has been. It’s a ridiculous and unnecessary idea.
Surprised this is controversial. 1) For anyone in addiction recovery, there are plenty of difficulties to remaining sober and I doubt that this is a significant one. 2) In the article, there doesn't seem to be much evidence for increased problems associated with these districts. 3) Surprised that people have such a low opinion of downtown visitors that they expect that people will be getting drunk because they can carry a beer. I mean, I'm guessing that some of the same people currently shopping downtown would, if allowed, have a beer while doing so and that's probably it.
why do anything to encourage/enhance more drinking? and all the drinkers will be driving after drinking, no?
So the Blue Zone, which intended to improve the overall health of Brevard by assisting residents with making healthier choices - and endorsed by the city - may now be replaced with the Booze Zone. That's civic progress :|
We wholeheartedly agree with those at the council meeting pleading that this proposal be turned down. Eighty percent of the speakers made cogent and reasonable arguments for how the personality of Brevard that attracts residents and visitors alike would be changed forever. And to what end? To benefit the few? This is unconscionable.
The idea that this is going to attract people who want to get obliterated on a street bench and start fights is heinous. Those individuals will do that in society regardless of this and its also wildly hard to do in a town where everything shutters at nine. You've been presented with supporting facts to the opposite of your fears by your own police chief and fail yet again to show any amount of plasticity in your logical reasoning. These programs have been shown, statistically, to help stimulate local economics without increasing crime, including those related to intoxication. Why would someone not be more likely to engage with businesses walking around with the glass of wine they'd otherwise have finished at a table using all of their free time before needing to go home? It's not a free saloon at every corner and they're often run very intelligently, with class, in any town I've visited that allowed it. Encourage you to re-evaluate where you've visited out of that list of 22 local communities and ask yourself if you felt that you recognized this policy driving your feeling of being unsafe or morally attacked in that town.
It is hard to see any real economic upside to this proposal for the community as a whole. I can’t imagine any of the gallery owners are in favor of it. I spoke to one gallery owner who was decidedly not in favor of the proposed “social district.” Nice euphemism, by the way, But was any polling done of downtown businesses? No, of course not. Brevard does not need people walking around with beer or wine in snippy cups. Please, let’s preserve our county seat and downtown for what it has been. It’s a ridiculous and unnecessary idea.
Surprised this is controversial. 1) For anyone in addiction recovery, there are plenty of difficulties to remaining sober and I doubt that this is a significant one. 2) In the article, there doesn't seem to be much evidence for increased problems associated with these districts. 3) Surprised that people have such a low opinion of downtown visitors that they expect that people will be getting drunk because they can carry a beer. I mean, I'm guessing that some of the same people currently shopping downtown would, if allowed, have a beer while doing so and that's probably it.