Wine Law Reform Group Triples Membership in Tennessee

I beg to differ with you. My ancestors can through Tennessee in the early years of this forming nation. Having moved to Tennessee in 2004, I have seen nothing to indicate that this State is backwards. There continues to be expansion of new homes, industries, road improvements to mention a few. The new VW plant will expand the just in time businesses to provide parts and other assemblies required by its main assembly plant. There are other industrial expansion in Bradley county as well. If work is important start now to get the skills needed to become a part of these industries. No Money you say, there is financial assistance for those who choose to seek it. Backwards in founded in those who choose not break the bonds of a mentality that the
government will care for our needs.

I was in my fifty's when I was told I was raised well below the poverty level. I didn't know of such a thing. My brother, sister, and I always had food to eat, a warm home, and clothes on our back. We had a mother who was always there when we came home from school, and a father who worked hard to provide for us all. This parental mentality can from our ancestors and continues to this day. I say again, Tennessee is not backwards, only those whom choose to not advance in life are those we all must encourage to reach out and grasp the opportunities our State and Nation present each of us.

No, he or she is right. TN consistently ranks as one of the bottom five states for every positive indicator. The only time you hear TN ranking in the top of anything is in a category labeled: worst healthcare, drivers, education, or lowest incomes, test scores, literacy rates, or highest obesity, crime, and pollution. The only other states that rank worse than TN are states that border TN.

You CANNOT buy wine in a grocery store in New York state. It is one of 19 states that does not permit that.

I’m not that much against wine in the grocery store. I do think the people promoting it are using dishonest tactics. Promoting a phony buzz is just one. I’ll give you two more examples. One, they are pushing convenience. Notice they say nothing about price. That’s because it won’t be any cheaper. I think a lot of people think that would be the case, but it wouldn’t. By failing to point that out, the grocery store folks leave some of their supporters with a false impression.

Here’s another one. You can only get one liquor license per individual or corporation in Tennessee. And all owners of a corporation must be Tennessee residents. When the grocery store crowd finally figured out wine would do them no good if they had to obey these laws, they had their puppet in the legislature introduce bills to simply delete these requirements. So the liquor stores, which have been prohibited from forming chains for 75 years, would suddenly be thrown into competition with Wal Mart and Publix, which have been chains from the beginning. Now the grocers think this is fine, since they would have a huge advantage, but it doesn’t sound fair to me. In states where liquor stores and grocery stores coexist, liquor stores are allowed to have chains, which evens the playing field somewhat.