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e POSTCARDS IN FAVOR OF THE LATER HOUR, AND AMONG -THESE NAMES.ARE MANY -' WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH WE ARE SO PROUD. COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT IT IS...TRUE THAT THE PETITIONERS HAVE A VERY REGULATED BUSINESS, BUT IT IS'MISUSE AND ABUSES THAT HAVE BROUGHT THIS ABOUT. SHE NOTED THAT THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS INDUSTRY MADE THEIR OWN CHOICE AND FURTHER NOTED THAT THE LIQUOR INDUSTRY ALREADY MAINTAINS LONGER HOURS THAN MOST RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AS THEY CAN BE OPEN IS HOURS A DAY, EXCEPT ON SUNDAYS. SHE FELT THIS INDUSTRY WILL JUST HAVE TO ADJUST TO RISING COSTS AS OTHER HAVE HAD TO. COMMISSIONER Loy THEN DISCUSSED THE GROWTH OF THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY IN SPITE OF ALL THE REGULATIONS AND NOTED THAT ATTORNEY BLOCK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS INDUSTRY IS USED TO MAKING A 15 TO 18% PROFIT, WHICH MOST BUSINESSES WOULD GLORY IN. SHE SPOKE OF THE GREAT COST TO TAXPAYERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DETOX, REHABILITATION, ETC, COMMISSIONER Loy QUOTED FIGURES FROM A HIGHWAY PATROL REPORT SHOWING THAT. FROM .JANUARY TO NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR THERE WERE 13 ACCIDENTS IN THIS COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT, SIX OF WHICH INVOLVED ALCOHOL. IN REGARD TO TOURISM, COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THIS AREA HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A CLEAN, WHOLESOME COUNTY, AND MANY HAVE RETURNED AND MADE THIS THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEY WERE PLEASED TO FIND A PLACE THAT DID NOT THRIVE ON LATE NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT. SHE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE RAMADA INN PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT, AND IT WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY EITHER THE RESIDENTS OR THE TOURISTS. COMMISSIONER Loy CONTINUED THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PETITIONERS COME FROM MUNICIPALITIES OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL, AND POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE HAD NO WORD FROM ANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WHICH WOULD BE AFFECTED BY SUCH A CHANGE. COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE FELT THE PETITIONERS HAVE RECEIVED A FULL HEARING, AND SHE BELIEVES WE SHOULD ADHERE TO THE PRESENT CLOSING HOUR. COMMISSIONER DEESON NOTED THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AN INDUSTRY INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 800 EMPLOYEES, WHICH HE POINTED OUT REPRESENTS LESS THAN 2% OF OUR COUNTY'S POPULATION. HE FELT WE MUST CONSIDER THE OTHER 98% THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE USE OF ALCOHOL. HE CONTINUED THAT THE INDUSTRY `S PROBLEM MAY NOT BE THE LACK OF HOURS, BUT POSSIBLY THE PRUBLEM OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND BECAUSE THERE MAY BE TOO MANY BARS, COM- MISSIONER DEESON STATED HE FELT WE SHOULD DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUN- ITY AND VOTE AGAINST THE EXTENSION. I arc 319W pw 449