Elizabethton man seeking support for liquor store referendum

The local businessman owns numerous rental properties in the area, along with a strip mall that presently houses Lighthouse Market and the Tan Shack on West Elk Avenue.Earlier this year, Chappell notified Carter County Administrator of Elections Tracy Harris of his intent to seek a ballot referendum allowing package stores within the City of ... (more)

[ABC]

I don't think this will go through.

[non-drinker]

I hope it does, not because I would be the first customer but why should Johnson City get sales tax that we need. I'll vote for it.

[Independent]

I hope it goes thru as well. Go over to the stores at the corner of S Roan and University Parkway and see where all the cars are from.

[ABC]

non-drinker wrote:

I hope it does, not because I would be the first customer but why should Johnson City get sales tax that we need. I'll vote for it.

What about local Churches rallying against it?

[Independent]

ABC wrote:

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What about local Churches rallying against it?

Why should they get to make the rules? They don't pay any taxes.

When you're paying your own bills, you get to make your own rules. How many other people had parents that told us that?

Churches don't pay the bills.

[Common Sense]

That's a good point Independent.

[What is the issue]

Why should the Church rally against something that is perfectly legal & has been since Prohibition was lifted? The Repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933. Let the man open any "legal" business he wishes & if the citizens of Carter County cannot obtain alcohol there, then the neighboring counties will be happy to serve them & obtain the revenue for themselves. It is 2012, 79 years post Prohibition & alcohol is legal to sale & obtain over the age of 21.

[Vote Yes]

I just voted to have wine and package stores here in Elizabethton. Why would anyone want to let our tax dollars continue to go to Johnson City? One stop liquor store has got rich from Carter County for more than 30 years. Its not a religious issue at all. People are gonna drink if the choose, JC will be glad to continue to benefit if we don't vote this in today. Go vote for liquor!!!

[wow]

hope this never happen

[Peter]

If passed, this will hurt the meth business in Carter County.

[info]

it was passed!!!!! liquor in e-town!!!!!

[LeRoy]

Wonder if Richard S. knows how many people has died from his hot dogs? I am older than Richard and can`t remember us having package stores in Betsy town.

[Interest]

Mr. Chappell is not an Elizabethton resident. Why should he prosper from our county and pay Johnson City taxes?

[Agree]

Just because CHAPPELL is really a NAVE why should his profits pay for a house on Boone Lake. We have a lake here. He needs to be checked out before selling any beverage. He has a shady past until marrying Naves daughter.

[Drunk]

I'm still going to drive to one stop and get my liquor because I have bought it there for years why stop now

[Mat]

You Tn folks are strange.

[Drunk]

Mat wrote:

You Tn folks are strange.

why u say that

[Drunk]

Peter wrote:

If passed, this will hurt the meth business in Carter County.

it want hurt it a bit