Re liquor licenses. A business serving food and hosting entertainment is not going to survive without serving liquor, and that is just a fact. I did skip back and read the paragraph pertaining to KB Mart back in October. Apparently the liquor license rule covers both on site (bars, etc.) and off site (grocery stores, etc.) sales. When a town relies heavily on tourist dollars, counting both as equal doesn’t always make sense. The clientele for a bar is different than a restaurant, where it’s more likely a drink with dinner, or grocery store, where the vast majority of customers are not buying liquor at all. If the town wants the business district to thrive, then it needs to make these exceptions for restaurants and event spaces. I also noticed that while it noted licenses granted in between when a business applied for and received a license, but not where a license had been withdrawn. The Rite Aid comes to mind.
What I found far more jarring was including a pool at this establishment. Why? In general it seems like the county and local governments are in complete denial that we are in the middle of a catastrophic drought. While a hotel serves many clients, other commercial entities are only serving a few at a time, particularly strs, and are draining the public’s most vital resource for profit, while the residents pay the price in higher utility bills and taxes. All the government sees is $$$$ in revenue. What they don’t see are the infrastructure expenses down the road that eat up all of that income.
Re liquor licenses. A business serving food and hosting entertainment is not going to survive without serving liquor, and that is just a fact. I did skip back and read the paragraph pertaining to KB Mart back in October. Apparently the liquor license rule covers both on site (bars, etc.) and off site (grocery stores, etc.) sales. When a town relies heavily on tourist dollars, counting both as equal doesn’t always make sense. The clientele for a bar is different than a restaurant, where it’s more likely a drink with dinner, or grocery store, where the vast majority of customers are not buying liquor at all. If the town wants the business district to thrive, then it needs to make these exceptions for restaurants and event spaces. I also noticed that while it noted licenses granted in between when a business applied for and received a license, but not where a license had been withdrawn. The Rite Aid comes to mind.
What I found far more jarring was including a pool at this establishment. Why? In general it seems like the county and local governments are in complete denial that we are in the middle of a catastrophic drought. While a hotel serves many clients, other commercial entities are only serving a few at a time, particularly strs, and are draining the public’s most vital resource for profit, while the residents pay the price in higher utility bills and taxes. All the government sees is $$$$ in revenue. What they don’t see are the infrastructure expenses down the road that eat up all of that income.