My OperaSelling Singles
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 5:43:32 PM
OK. That's single beers. If you lived here, you'd know that.
If liquor stores can't sell singles, that can make a difference in a low-end neighborhood. The editor lived through a couple of decades of "low-end". Velicoff vodka might be a better candidate for banishment to Ward Nine, of course.
Somehow, this reminds the editor of H. L. Mencken's observation that "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." He lives a few doors away from Modern Liquors at Tenth and M. Anna Fleming and Jeff Harrison run it. They sell singles. For about $10.00 a bottle. The customers don't want to buy a full six-pack of that kind of beer. Anna and Jeff haven't sold lower-priced single beers in many moons. The neighborhood has changed.
And he has the feeling that the banning selling singles without some nuance is simple, neat, and wrong. It should perhaps be handled locally, within the ANC's and neighborhoods via the voluntary agreements.
At any rate Jack Evans has sent out an email:
Dear ANC Commissioners and Community Leaders,
Councilmember Jim Graham, Chairperson of the Committee on Public Works and the Environment which has oversight over ABRA, is holding a hearing on Bill 17-799, the “Ward 2 Targeted Single Sales Moratorium Act of 2008” this Friday, July 11 at 10:00am in Room 123 (hearing notice is attached). I encourage you to join me at the hearing and sign up to testify about this proposed bill, especially if your ANC has passed a resolution indicating you would like to be included in this legislation. To sign up to testify, contact Mr. Marcus Goodwin in Councilmember Graham’s office (202)724-8195.
Jack
If liquor stores can't sell singles, that can make a difference in a low-end neighborhood. The editor lived through a couple of decades of "low-end". Velicoff vodka might be a better candidate for banishment to Ward Nine, of course.
Somehow, this reminds the editor of H. L. Mencken's observation that "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." He lives a few doors away from Modern Liquors at Tenth and M. Anna Fleming and Jeff Harrison run it. They sell singles. For about $10.00 a bottle. The customers don't want to buy a full six-pack of that kind of beer. Anna and Jeff haven't sold lower-priced single beers in many moons. The neighborhood has changed.
And he has the feeling that the banning selling singles without some nuance is simple, neat, and wrong. It should perhaps be handled locally, within the ANC's and neighborhoods via the voluntary agreements.
At any rate Jack Evans has sent out an email:
Dear ANC Commissioners and Community Leaders,
Councilmember Jim Graham, Chairperson of the Committee on Public Works and the Environment which has oversight over ABRA, is holding a hearing on Bill 17-799, the “Ward 2 Targeted Single Sales Moratorium Act of 2008” this Friday, July 11 at 10:00am in Room 123 (hearing notice is attached). I encourage you to join me at the hearing and sign up to testify about this proposed bill, especially if your ANC has passed a resolution indicating you would like to be included in this legislation. To sign up to testify, contact Mr. Marcus Goodwin in Councilmember Graham’s office (202)724-8195.
Jack
