Town Votes 690-690 On Letting Restaurants Sell Beer,Wine

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Town votes 690-690 on letting restaurants sell beer, wine

AP

Posted: 2008-04-17 12:00:11

TISBURY, Mass. (AP) - Tisbury voters, it seems, are split on whether to allow restaurants in town to put beer and wine on the menu.

 

Exactly split.

 

A ballot question on whether to allow sales of alcohol at restaurants and inns in the Martha's Vineyard community tied 690-690 in Tuesday's election.

 

If it's a tie, the place stays dry. So those favoring the change have already launched an effort to get a hand recount, town clerk Marion Mudge said.

 

"There are things the machine might not pick up ... like check marks," she said.

 

Tisbury is one of more than a dozen dry towns in Massachusetts, including several on the island of Martha's Vineyard, where there are no liquor stores or bars. Many restaurants allow customers to bring their own alcohol.

That is SUCH a pain in the butt having to do that. I remember when I was a teen, my friends and I used to go to this strip club.....er...uh........NIGHT club.....yeah...thats it......where you had to do the same thing. If they are going to let you bring it into the place, they might as well be allowed to sell it. I guarantee you that people will get much more loaded bringing their inexpensive booze in than if they had to buy the much more expensive booze in the restaurant.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I know in California that would be illegal. Only places licensed to sell alcohol in open containers (glasses, mugs, beer bongs, etc.) are allowed to let you drink it on their premises.