Comments on: Margolin: Too Early for Budget Prognostications http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/2010/05/18/margolin-too-early-for-budget-prognostications/ Also Serving Bluffview, Devonshire, and Greenway Parks Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:53:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: did too much research on this http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/2010/05/18/margolin-too-early-for-budget-prognostications/comment-page-1/#comment-277 did too much research on this Sun, 23 May 2010 16:42:01 +0000 http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/?p=1903#comment-277 in the new texas liquor laws the larger body - in this case the city of dallas always over rides the smaller. just like the federal over rides the state. this is how the city of garland, richardson and irving passed their alcohol option elections. in the new texas liquor laws the larger body – in this case the city of dallas always over rides the smaller. just like the federal over rides the state. this is how the city of garland, richardson and irving passed their alcohol option elections.

]]> By: Janet http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/2010/05/18/margolin-too-early-for-budget-prognostications/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Janet Wed, 19 May 2010 22:44:02 +0000 http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/?p=1903#comment-230 Just to be clear, the vote is not to ‘wet up’ Dallas nor 'do away with private clubs' entirely despite what Progress Dallas will have you believe. The vote would be for wine and beer only and restaurants only (not package stores or bars, they’re still dry). I imagine the vote is set up so that it doesn’t truly wet up Dallas with bars and package stores which, if it did, might cause some sort of biblical chaos. I expect the disenfranchised voter issue to come up too – this time as Old JP 7 since it voted dry in 1960. Just to be clear, the vote is not to ‘wet up’ Dallas nor ‘do away with private clubs’ entirely despite what Progress Dallas will have you believe. The vote would be for wine and beer only and restaurants only (not package stores or bars, they’re still dry). I imagine the vote is set up so that it doesn’t truly wet up Dallas with bars and package stores which, if it did, might cause some sort of biblical chaos.

I expect the disenfranchised voter issue to come up too – this time as Old JP 7 since it voted dry in 1960.

]]> By: Jersey girl http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/2010/05/18/margolin-too-early-for-budget-prognostications/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Jersey girl Wed, 19 May 2010 13:56:52 +0000 http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/?p=1903#comment-227 I was involved in a minor accident a few weeks ago in NJ. After seeing the TX plates on my car, the police officer asked where I was from. When I replied "Dallas" he immediately asked if the crazy wet/dry areas and club memberships still existed. Apparently he had spent some time in Dallas and had accumulated several membership cards (pre-unicard I guess). Kind of embarrassing that this was his memory of Dallas. I was involved in a minor accident a few weeks ago in NJ. After seeing the TX plates on my car, the police officer asked where I was from. When I replied “Dallas” he immediately asked if the crazy wet/dry areas and club memberships still existed. Apparently he had spent some time in Dallas and had accumulated several membership cards (pre-unicard I guess). Kind of embarrassing that this was his memory of Dallas.

]]> By: Amy S http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/2010/05/18/margolin-too-early-for-budget-prognostications/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Amy S Tue, 18 May 2010 17:55:09 +0000 http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/?p=1903#comment-218 They came up against the same problem two years ago, and a state judge threw the signed petitions out, because the lines of the JP districts could not be determined. Same thing is going to happen, wait and see. The county commissioners did not try to further the fight, some do not want certain parts of Dallas wet. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-alcohol_30met.ART.State.Edition1.4d52d96.html They came up against the same problem two years ago, and a state judge threw the signed petitions out, because the lines of the JP districts could not be determined.

Same thing is going to happen, wait and see. The county commissioners did not try to further the fight, some do not want certain parts of Dallas wet.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-alcohol_30met.ART.State.Edition1.4d52d96.html

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