Article Review of Jake Wageman - Giving Liquor Sales a Shot in 3 Towns, an Effort to Boost the Economy Is on the Way or on the Ballot

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In September 15, 2002 an article was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article

was about giving liquor licenses to three “dry” towns. Jake Wageman wrote the article titled “Giving liquor sales a shot in 3 towns, an effort to boost the economy is on the way or on the ballot”. The article contained several opinons, on the topic. The idea was, wether or not, to give these towns a licenses to sell liquor and boost the towns economy. The people want a place to go to have a drink with family or friends, but they don’t want to go to a bar. That is opposite of what they want. The people want a nice, sit down restaurant where they can go to eat and have a drink if they want. People can see nothing wrong with a place to go have a drink, if they want to.

In the article Applebee’s was quoted saying that 14.1 percent of their sales came from alcoholic beverages. That is all most a 1/4 of their gross profit. That can help a restaurant either succeed or fail. The restaurants do not want to take that chance if they can not sell liquor. The article says they want family restaurants like Applebee’s to buy the licenses. The restaurants know there would be some restrictions on the license, such as, no sales after midnight and so fourth. But