Alcohol referendums, tax increases and charter amendment on local election ballots

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In addition to state and federal issues, some Tennessee voters will also decide on issues directly affecting their communities, such as in mayoral, commission and aldermanic races. Some communities in Middle Tennessee will also be tackling referendums on the ballot for their counties and cities.

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Voters in Lafayette will decide on two different alcohol-related issues. Currently, only beer and wine sales are permitted between 6 a.m. and midnight Monday through Saturday. Packaged liquor sales and on-premises consumption are prohibited unless Lafayette voters opt to allow it. 

Lafayette voters will choose either to permit or not permit “retail package stores to sell alcoholic beverages in the City of Lafayette” and either for or against the “legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises” in the city. 

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I don't see either of these two measures passing. Oh sure, people in these small rural counties drink, they just don't want their friends and neighbors to know they do.

We have exactly one small liquor store here in Macon County in the town of Red Boiling Springs. I can drive past it and what I see are vehicles sporting Trousdale County license plates in the parking lot, and if I go past a Trousdale County liquor store, I'm seeing Macon County plates.

There are no bars in Macon County. You can't even order a beer or glass of wine with your meal here.

And beer and wine sales don't stop at midnight like the article states, it's 10 PM.