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'Appalled' liquor commissioners vote to deny licenses for Whiteclay (near Pine Ridge SD) beer stores [View all]
Last edited Wed Apr 19, 2017, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)
LINCOLN — A state liquor board took the unprecedented step Wednesday of voting to deny the renewal of the liquor licenses of four beer stores in Whiteclay, Nebraska.
The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission voted 3-0 to deny the licenses of the stores. One commissioner said that law enforcement was “woefully inadequate” to allow liquor sales there.
“We were appalled by some of the attitudes of Sheridan County officials that they don’t have a problem there. We found that to be bogus,” said Bob Batt of Omaha, the chairman of the liquor board.
People in the standing-room-only audience in a tiny meeting room at the State Office Building applauded and hugged after the vote was taken.
The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission voted 3-0 to deny the licenses of the stores. One commissioner said that law enforcement was “woefully inadequate” to allow liquor sales there.
“We were appalled by some of the attitudes of Sheridan County officials that they don’t have a problem there. We found that to be bogus,” said Bob Batt of Omaha, the chairman of the liquor board.
People in the standing-room-only audience in a tiny meeting room at the State Office Building applauded and hugged after the vote was taken.
Batt went on to describe Whiteclay alcohol sales as "assisted suicide."
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