Category Archives: Alcohol

Update on Alcohol-Related Issues

By admin | Published: March 1, 2013

Are you concerned about the expansion of alcohol sales in Kentucky?  Check out this update from Don Cole, Executive Director of the Kentucky League on Alcohol and Gambling: SB 13 has been passed by the Senate. It is now in the House and will possibly come up for a vote on Friday. If the House […]

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Are Election Day alcohol sales on the horizon for Kentucky?

By admin | Published: February 8, 2013

Kentucky and South Carolina are the only two states that ban the sale of alcohol on Election Day. Soon, South Carolina may stand alone. A bill allowing the sale of alcohol on Election Day has passed the Senate Licensing and Occupation Committee. According to the nky.com: The bill wouldn’t change laws for counties or cities that […]

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Do We Really Need Drunk Voters?

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: March 12, 2012

A Senate bill that would increase the amount of income a restaurant bar can derive from alcohol sales now has an amendment to it that would also allow alcohol sales on election days. Both the original bill, Senate Bill 40, introduced by Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, and the amendment, which comes from a House bill […]

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London Voters Defeat Liquor Sales Push

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: March 10, 2012

Congratulations to the citizens of London on the defeat of a push to allow packaged liquor sales. On March 6, 54 percent of voters in a special election in London voted against the sales. It was the third city in southeastern Kentucky that have long been dry to deal with efforts to expand alcohol sales […]

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Corbin Voters Approve Package Liquor Sales

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 15, 2012

Unlike voters in Barbourville who voted down alcohol sales last week, voters in the city of Corbin  decided in a local option election Tuesday to allow package liquor sales by a vote of 887-789. According to the Whitley County clerk, less than 33 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. We can’t help but wonder what […]

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Barbourville Citizens Vote to Remain Dry

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 8, 2012

Congratulations to the citizens of Barbourville on their decision yesterday to block alcohol sales in the city. City residents rejected a push to make Barbourville wet by a tally of 55 percent “no” to 45 percent “yes,” according to The Mountain Advocate newspaper in Knox County. Final vote tallies for the local option election were […]

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The Life You Save Might Be Your Own

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 7, 2012

University of the Cumberlands President James Taylor recently wrote a powerful letter to the editor to the News Journal in Corbin urging citizens to vote against bringing alcohol into Williamsburg in a local option election on March 20. The message is a good one for citizens throughout Kentucky to hear: U of C President says […]

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Alcohol Votes a Symptom of Deeper Problem

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 5, 2012

The (Louisville) Courier-Journal had an interesting article Feb. 5 discussing how communities in Kentucky that have traditionally been dry are feeling more and more pressure to allow alcohol sales or to expand those sales under a relentless barrage of pressure from the alcohol industry. Barbourville voters go to the polls on Tuesday and elections in […]

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Bill Expands Alcohol Sales in Restaurants

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: January 16, 2012

Kentucky Ethics League Executive Director Don Cole has expressed concern over bills now in the General Assembly to expand alcohol sales in restaurants across Kentucky. Here’s his message: As I have stated many times before, the alcohol industry is never satisfied. Several years ago, two bills were passed that allow the selling of alcohol by […]

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Bill Seeks Alcohol Expansion in Restaurants

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: December 19, 2011

Don Cole, executive director of the Kentucky Ethics League, has alerted us to a bill that has been prefiled for the 2012 Kentucky General Assembly session to expand alcohol sales in restaurants. Here are Cole’s comments: As I have stated many times before the alcohol industry is never satisfied. Several years ago two bills were […]

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Major Alcohol Expansion Push Reported

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: December 15, 2011

We’ve just received the following report from Kentucky Ethics League Director Don Cole about alcohol sales expansion efforts: THERE IS A MAJOR PUSH IN THE SOUTHEN SECTOR OF I-75 to expand alcohol sales. The following cities and/or their counties are having petitions circulated, getting signatures, to call for the election. They are Barbourville, Williamsburg, Pineville, […]

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Alcohol and State Parks Don’t Mix

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: August 9, 2011

As shared here previously, the state of Kentucky is moving rapidly to begin serving alcohol at state parks. But because alcohol use has become so pervasive in our culture, many, including many Christians, fail to see this as a problem. If you find yourself in this position, here’s some food for thought from the Kentucky […]

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Owen County Votes to Remain Dry

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: July 27, 2011

This just in from the Kentucky Ethics League: We are extremely pleased to report that the voters of Owen County have rejected the proposal to expand alcohol sales in the county. The vote was held yesterday, July 26. Although a larger voter turnout was expected, only 44 percent of registered voters cast their ballots. The […]

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State Parks May Soon Be Selling Alcohol

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: July 24, 2011

Kentucky moved a big step closer to having alcohol sales at state parks last week when state lawmakers heard plans to do just that in a meeting of the Economic Development and Tourism Committee. The state has applied for licenses to allow alcohol sales at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg, General Butler State […]

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Alcohol Expansion Doesn’t Have to be Forever

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: June 11, 2011

Following local-option elections last month that saw two of three ballot initiatives to expand alcohol sales in the affected communities, Don Cole, executive director for the Kentucky Ethics League prepared these guidelines to help citizens continue to be a positive influence on the issue in those communities where expansion was approved: With the abundance of […]

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Two Kentucky Areas Expand Alcohol Sales

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: June 5, 2011

Don Cole, executive director of the Kentucky Ethics League recently reported on various alcohol-related initiatives voted on by citizens in local communities on May 17. Here’s his report: I wanted to share the results of the alcohol option elections which took place in 3 Kentucky cities on May 17, 2011. As usual, there is more […]

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Alcohol expansion efforts proliferating

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: May 3, 2011

A number of alcohol expansion efforts are underway in Kentucky. Here’s a summary provided by the Kentucky Ethics League (Kentucky League on Alcohol and Gambling Problems). The city of Greensburg, in Green County, will be voting on KRS 242.1242 which allows for the limited sale of alcohol at qualified “historic” sites on May 17. The city […]

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League Reports on Alcohol, Legislative Issues

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 27, 2011

The KBC Committee on Public Affairs has recently received the following information from Don Cole, executive director of the Kentucky League on Alcohol and Gambling Programs (Kentucky Ethics League), regarding upcoming alcohol sales expansion petitions in Kentucky and legislation pending in the General Assembly: OWENTON — Efforts to expand the availability of alcohol in Owenton […]

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Alcohol Expansion Petitions Being Filed

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 13, 2011

The KBC Committee on Public Affairs has recently received the following report from Don Cole, executive director or the Kentucky League on Alcohol and Gambling Programs (Kentucky Ethics League), regarding upcoming alcohol sales expansion petitions in Kentucky: The Kentucky League on Alcohol & Gambling Problems has been informed that a petition for a local option […]

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No Shortage of Bad Bills in 2011

By KBC Public Affairs | Published: February 10, 2011

It’s amazing the amount of bad legislation that gets proposed in the Kentucky General Assembly. Some proposals just take your breath away in terms of their foolishness. Here are just a couple: House Bill 299 – This bill, introduced by Rep. Arnold Simpson, District 65 (Kenton County), would permit the sale of alcohol on any election […]

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