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Marshall County Votes on Alcohol Sales Tuesday

Marshall County Votes on Alcohol Sales Tuesday
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jul. 23, 2015 | BENTON, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jul. 23, 2015 | 10:41 AM | BENTON, KY
"To protect Marshall County families and to preserve the county as a happy, healthy and safe place to live, work, raise families and retire."  That's the goal of the Say No Now folks in Marshall County regarding the vote to legalize countywide alcohol sales in Tuesday's special election.  

Keith Travis with the Say No Now organization says it's a moral issue when it comes to selling alcohol.

"Do you want to change all of that for the sake of a few people that are interested in revenue?  It is an economic development issue for those that own the liquor and package stores...they'll make some money", said Travis.

Randy Newcomb with the Kentucky Lake and Visitors Bureau is in favor of saying yes to alcohol sales.  Newcomb says there's already alcohol in Marshall County and the morals haven't been impacted. 

"We have a nice community in Marshall County.  We can't put borders around it.  Alcohol is in Marshall County.  It's (alcohol) not going to flip a switch and make me go 'Oh wait now we're wet in Marshall County, it's time to throw my morals out the window.'   That's not how it works.  It's not going to change who we are as a people," said Newcomb.

This is the second special election over the past three years in Marshall County over whether to sell alcohol countywide.  Three years ago voters were nearly split on whether to allow sales.  Out of the more than 13,000 votes cast, the measure was defeated by only 695 votes.

The special election in Marshall County is this Tuesday, with polls open from 6 am until 6 pm.

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