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1-1183 a contentious issue
No C)ut-of2Pocket C}osts for I. ssured Patie sts! By NATALIE JOHNSON initiative. Washington Beer and Wine
"It would close us down," Distributors, American
Ur com i r able & Costly Dental Problems Last year Washington said Brenda Glasmann, Beverage Licensees and
P FREE W voters turned down two li- manager of the Allyn liquor the Contract Liquor Store
quor privatizationlinitia- store: We re active in the Managers Advisory Com-
hitening tives after a long and hard- community ... it will put mittee among others have
I for L|FE~¢ fought battle on both sides all of us out of work and it's also Spoke out against the
for Active & New Patients ~;~ of the war. not going to make any more initiative.
I *(Maynotbecombinedwithany0theroffer) ~E~6~%, This year, voters, restau- jobs." Anti-initiative group"No-
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-...v- .... c~,~o,~olaO~E,p~,o,~3~ ~/ rants and retailers are once Both the Association 1183," which includes the
1626Olympic Hwy N ~o.~o.~,o,~,c.oo~o~r,g,r~Ds.s,~,,o,, :~ again clashing over the is- of Washington Business groups mentioned above,
l" ~- _. .." ~ .-- ~ ~ _. --. . sue, which will be in front of (AWB) and the Washing- estimates that the initiative
I voters for a second time on ton Roundtable have also would create four times
r GIFT CERTIFICATE
as
the November ballot in the endorsed the initiative, say- many outlets selling liquor.
I towardsCrtOfrd~eJimOlgt:Dentures II form of Initiative 1183. ingit would benefit govern- According to the group, the
, i g , p ...:~. | 1-1183 states that cur- ment, businesses and tax- Centers for Disease Control
I *( ...... becombinedwithaoyotheroffeO S~!2/~%~[I rent Washington liquor payers alike, and Prevention has also
' 426-4712 Cashva~s~l~tocoRuff°n~fe~stt, aoPn~°i~tr~tioi3111, ~, ~ ~,, !~;~)=~ ~, | laws "arbitrarily restrictThe Seattle Times even come out against privatiz-
11626 Olympic Hwy. N. T,0o,i~0o~,i¢,0,~C,o~ois.,~S.S,0,~o, ~ I I the wholesale distribution endorsed the initiative,ing liquor sales.
and pricing of wine," and stressing that government The anti-initiative group
" Convenient Payment Plans Available
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calls the laws "outdated, in-
efficient and costly to local
taxpayers, consumers, dis-
tributors and retailers."
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1.626 Olympic Highway IN. Sheh:on
The initiative, like others
before it, argues that if the
state did not sell liquor, it
could spend more time reg-
ulating it.
The initiative vows to,
"Get the state government
(360) 426-471.2 • www.ShdtonDental.com out ofthe commercialbusi-
ness of distributing, selling
liquor."and promoting the sale of
According to the Wash-
reasons that
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ington Restaurant Associa-
tion (WRA), 1183 will create
competition that will ben-
efit restaurants and their
customers.
If the initiative passes,
all state-run liquor stores
would have to shut down
by June. About half of all
liquor stores in Washington
are run by contractors, or
private businesses licensed
by the state to also sell li-
quor. While these would
have the option in some
cases to stay open, their fu-
ture is also grim under the
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360.432.5400 or 1,800.259.6718
sex, d~bili~ sexual odentation, ot a{
should spend less time sell- also says the initiative
ing liquor and more timewould add a 27 percent tax
regulating it. on consumers.
However, dozens of polit- The initiative requires
ical, labor and community private distributors who get
organizations, politicians a license to distribute liquor
and business organizations to "pay 10 percent of their
in Washington have taken a gross spirits revenues to
stand against 1-1183. the state after the first two
Many of those fighting years."
against 1-1183 argue that it Glasmann said consum-
blatantly favors large cot- ers would also suffer if the
porations like Costco, while initiative passes. She ar-
making small, family rungued that prices would not
stores practically illegal, go down on all items, and
Under the initiative, only said that at a large store,
stores with 10,000 square like Walmart or Costco,
feet or more of retail space specialty brands and variet-
in one building may have a ies of liquor and wine would
liquor license unless no such likely not be stocked.
store exists in a community. Beyond practical issues
In that case, a smaller bust- like cost, variety and regu-
ness may receive a liquor lation, Washington liquor
license, store owners and employ-
According to The Seattleees worry about the loss of
Times, Costco donated more small businesses in their
than $11 million to the communities.
measure, the second larg- "We're kind of sad about
est single donation to a bal- it ... I've been doing this
lot measure in Washington for 19 years," she said. "All
state history. [voters'] votes count, they
The Wine and Spirits really need to check in off
Wholesalers of America, what they're voting on."
210 Cota St. Shelton ° 426-1030
227 Cota St. Shelton • 426-4412
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Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Jourdal -Thursday, October 20, 2011
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Commissioner Steve Bloomfield spoke in favor of approving a hearing
to discuss a proposed one-tenth of I percent sales tax increase for
mental health on Tuesday.
Mason County sets a hearing
date for mental health tax
By NATALIE JOHNSON cian to do is maintain consistency," he said.
"I want to be consistent and I'm not going
The Mason County Board of Commis- to vote in favor of the hearing as well ... I
stoners voted Tuesday to set a date for a don't believe we should be raising taxes."
public hearing on the proposed one-tenth Commissioner Steve Bloomfield, in his
of i percent mental health sales tax. second full commission meeting since his
Since July an advisory committee hasappointment earlier this month, said he
met regularly to decide if the Mason Coun- felt it important to have the discussion on
ty Commissioners should approve such a the tax.
tax to help fund more mental health and "We need that public hearing and the
substance abuse programs in Mason Coun- input we can get from people to make that
ty. decision," he said.
The commission approved setting the On Tuesday, the advisory committee re-
hearing for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in leased its final report, copies of which were
the Mason County Commission Chambersdistributed to the county commissioners
by two votes to one, with Commissioner and placed on the Mason County website,
Tim Sheldon voting against holding the said public health director Vicki Kirkpat-
hearing. He has long opposed an increase rick.
in taxes for mental health services.Sixteen other counties in Washington
"One of the hardest things for a politi- have already implemented the tax.
Job numbers are a mixed bag
The two surveys that are jobs in September, mostly September.
used to produce the month- due to continued cuts inThe surveys are run
ly unemployment rate and government jobs. each month by the federal
job numbers for the state By contrast, a survey Bureau of Labor Statis:
of Washington generated of households found thattics (BLS). Under the BLS
widely different results for more people in Washington schedule, initial monthly
September. state were working. Thisreports contain prelimi-
According tolastmonth's resulted in a drop in the nary data that are revised
survey of Washington bust- unemployment rate from later.
ness, the state had an es- 9.3 percent in August to
timated net loss of 18,400 an estimated 9.1 percent in See Jobs on page A-7