ALCAP
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Alabama's Moral Compass
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Wet/Dry Issues For Email Newsletters you can trust
The American Council on Alcohol Problems annual meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 21-22, 2011 included speakers on a variety of topics. Click here for a wrap-up of the meeting on the ACAP Website.
 Marin Institute has published a report on Big Alcohol's efforts to privatize alcohol sales in control states. The report, titled "Control State Politics: How Big Alcohol is Dismantling Regulation State by State," explains the likely outcomes to states that turn over alcohol sales to private businesses. These states may experience a short-term cash windfall, but loss of reliable income, coupled with increases in alcohol-related harm, will damage economic stability and public health in the longer term. Click on the picture to access a pdf copy.
Click here for a PowerPoint presentation on the same subject by the Marin Institute.
Click here for talking points and a fact sheet on the privatization of alcohol sales.
Click here for more fact sheets on alcohol issues.
You can access the Marin Institute website at www.marininstitute.org
As a result of H.B. 175 passed during the 2009 Alabama Legislative Session, the population requirement for a municipal option (wet/dry vote) in a dry county was lowered from 7000 to 1000. As a result, many municipalities in Alabama dry counties are holding referenda to decide whether to allow their towns to sell alcoholic beverages. The results so far are listed below.
Municipal Options
Cities that Qualify for a Wet-Dry Vote within Dry Counties in Alabama
Thirty (30) cities have voted so far since HB175 was passed in 2009, allowing cities with a population of 1000 or more to hold a Municipal Option.
Thus far, 19 have voted to go wet, 11 have voted to stay dry and 1 (that we know about) is currently gathering names on a petition.
Click on the following links for statistics and other information if you are fighting a wet/dry referendum.
Alcohol Alert from the Department of Health and Human Services - Underage Drinking
Telephone Script - Alcohol (Example)
Prohibition Was a Success (print these pages front-to-back and cut in half to use as bulletin inserts)
Youth Drinking Rates and Problems - A comparison of Europe and USA
Not Drinking? No excuse needed. (Dear Abby - 10/2009)
Click here for an informative website called "No Alcohol."
Click here for an informative website called "Citizens Against Drunk Driving."
Click here for the sermon "Battle for the Bottle" by ALCAP Board member, Rev. Randy Wright, Pastor of Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church.
Click here for a sample "Letter to the Editor"
Click here for a sample resolution opposing alcohol sales
Click on the following for sample advertisements: #8, #9, #10, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22
Click here for an idea for a church bulletin insert.
Click here for a direct mail piece in postcard form.
Click here for Marin Institute fact sheets on alcohol issues.
Click here for stories of local wet/dry struggles
Click here for a printable copy of the Alabama Legislative Directory.
In Alabama there are 26 dry counties. However, municipalities that meet certain criteria can vote to go wet even if they are located within a dry county. The following map is provided by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and shows those counties that are currently dry in yellow (municipalities within dry counties that are wet are identified with an "x" and if more than one municipality is wet within the dry county, more than one "x" will appear):
The criteria for a municipality within a dry county voting to go wet are stated in the Alabama Code, Title 28. It states: "Any municipality having a population of 1,000 or more may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option election...."
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