Love County set to decide liquor laws
Love County set to decide liquor laws
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From Staff Reports
Published: January 6, 2008
MARIETTA — For the fifth time, Love County residents will vote Tuesday on whether to legalize liquor by the drink.
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Here are other elections scheduled for Tuesday in Oklahoma:
Beckham County
County commissioner,
District 3
•Johnny Davis, 43, Erick.
•Sammy Carnes, 42, Elk City.
•Alfred Brinkley, 55, Erick.
Canadian County
El Reno:
•Proposition 1 — Extending until Dec. 31, 2030, an existing 3.75 percent sales tax for capital projects.
•Proposition 2 — Making permanent a quarter-cent sales tax for emergency services and public safety.
•Proposition 3 — Eliminating a $1-per-night hotel tax and replacing it with a 4.5 percent tax, with proceeds going for economic development and for tourism capital projects and promotion.
Union City Schools: Proposition 1 — $365,000 for a 3,500-square-foot building to house a media center, and for computers and fiber-optic cable throughout the district.
Proposition 2 — $160,000 transportation bond for two new buses.
Kiowa County
A $550,000, 10-year bond to replace the roof of the courthouse and jail, and remodeling the courthouse to make it handicap accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Remodeling includes replacing an elevator and windows in the court-house.
Oklahoma County
Harrah: Extension for 20 years of a 1-cent sales tax, to begin Oct. 1. Proceeds to be used for repairs to sewer treatment plant, purchase police and fire equipment, remodel the senior citizens center, and improvements to streets, water and sewer lines. Tax generates about $350,000 annually. The municipal tax rate would remain at 4 percent.
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come now jason you go to work today? i dont see how you can post on here every hour of the day and keep steady employment. are you the randy thug that illegal puts up terrill signs? doubt it...say hi to mommsie!
Randy, Moore - Jan 7, 2008 5:55 PM
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Heh. todd from Norman always brings a smile to my face, even - or especially - when he's doing his level best to insult me.
Jason, Edmond - Jan 7, 2008 1:45 PM
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MJ. the other jason...the one that is a walking $2 mouth....is all black and white. he cant comprehend that folks do things illegally, legally, business like, rule bending, favoritism....he lives with his mother, hes over 40, he racist, hes unemployeed, goes to church, unmarried, and doesnt drink. he thinks his $2 mouth impresses people, and some might be.... id be impressed if he just got a job, went to have a couple beers, and tipped some singlemom waitress. come on jason....go generate some taxes...your sheet wearing buddy patricia's kids need some shoes.
Randy, Moore - Jan 7, 2008 10:52 AM
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Heh. todd, it's called a laptop and a wireless connection. Nifty stuff!
Jason, Edmond - Jan 7, 2008 8:51 PM
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Jason, Thanks for the clarification! I thought I recognized the "singular wit", but me and old Shakespeare just barely made a C minus. It was definitely a facinating era. Have a good week.
JH, deep red creek - Jan 6, 2008 5:41 PM
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MJ, my singular wit comment was from Shakespeare. It was not meant to imply you were a half-wit, I think you misunderstood my reference. It's interesting about the 1959 vote: it came about because Governor Edmondson appointed Joe Cannon to enforce the law to the hilt and so severely that it would create a backlash against the prohibition laws. In other words, they enforced the law harshly hoping the law would be repealed as a consequence. That's a fascinating era of Oklahoma history.
Jason, Edmond - Jan 6, 2008 5:34 PM
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Jason, credit is yours when it comes to the initiative petition and the SB clergy berating their members to vote against demon rum;however,it was the votes of those same ole SB members that gave it the margin (52-48) it needed. You even relate to that in your reference to the primitive polling at that time. As the same people who were protesting against it were some of the same people making it for their and others consumption,prohibition at that time was a joke. Citizens were bring alcohol in from wet states as well as moonshining it in most of the state. If I misunderstood your post, I stand corrected. Each person who post on these sites are entitled to their opionions and they are just that-their opinions. Oh, thanks for the complement, I have been called a half wit, but never a singular wit.
JH, deep red creek - Jan 6, 2008 5:15 PM
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MJ, that cute attempt to belabor the obvious - which is just what you're doing - may make you feel all witty and cute, but I have a feeling yours is a singular wit, to quote the Bard. Now let's go through this, nice and slow: that 1959 vote was an initiative petition. For weeks leading up that vote the Southern Baptist clergy - the "wowsers" to which I refer - belabored their parishioners from the pulpit to vote down the demon rum, and stand up for all that was holy in Oklahoma. What few primitive polls were available showed the petition failing in a landslide because, of course, no one wanted to go "on the record" as being "for" drinking. Nevertheless, when private ballot time came, blanket prohibition was shown the door and it was left up to the counties to decide. Follow all that? Now, let's deal with this: "esides some members of communities would prefer not to have "night clubs" and bars in their communities." What does that have to do with anything? To the extent that they don't, they're simply busy-body imbeciles, but point to where I posted that busy-body imbeciles don't have the right to vote to keep the "demon rum" out of their backwards, ignorant communities? I haven't: if such specimens want to keep their county dry, and a fair vote affirms that, I'm all for it. Even moralistic yokels have the right to vote - or post on internet forums, even.
Jason, Edmond - Jan 6, 2008 4:33 PM
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Jason, you are a person with a greater scope of knowledge than mine, but if my memory serves me right did not Oklahoma ended prohibition in 1959 with the votes of those same ole Southern Baptist wowsers that you are degrating? Besides some members of communities would prefer not to have "night clubs" and bars in their communities.
JH, deep red creek - Jan 6, 2008 2:37 PM
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Pitiful little todd from Norman continues his juvenile charade. How sad.____That said, it's unbelievable to me that there are 31 counties in this state that are still stuck in the prohibition era. The corrosive influence of the Southern Baptist wowsers continues to prevail in such backwaters.
Jason, Edmond - Jan 6, 2008 1:47 PM
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well it could become the richest county if it truely desired. i wonder how much it would be to buy coal county? and either build a bible college complete with televangilists, or build a casino with all types of gambling complete with whorehouse. do you think it would be the poorest then? oklahoma would still have 76 other county's to lose money on.
Randy, Moore - Jan 6, 2008 11:34 AM
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Actually, Coal County is the poorest in the state... but you make a good point nonetheless. Love County is still among the state's poorest counties.
Chris, Oklahoma City - Jan 6, 2008 11:03 AM
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love countu is finally starting to learn. its the poorist county in the state. to long have the bible thumpers been spreading there stupidity. they are finally dieing off. the new breed is starting love county's transformation. good for them. GO AWAY YOU BIBLE THUMPING THUGS!!
Randy, Moore - Jan 6, 2008 8:37 AM
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