Thursday, September 17, 2020

Board OK's Rez Liquor Stores

The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to allow liquor stores to operate in the district at its regular meeting this morning.

The Legislature authorized the PRVWSD this year to approve package liquor sales on district property and leases without a referendum.  Package stores must be at least 400 feet from churches, schools, and nursing homes per ABC regulations. The restriction drops to 100 feet if the land was already zoned commercial.  Liquor stores must have at least 2,000 square feet of heated and cooled retail space.  The storage area is not included in the minimum square footage requirement.  The Board must approve each package store. 

The resolution only applies to the Rankin County part of the district since Madison County is already "wet."  


Kingfish note: That giant sucking sound you hear is Jackson and Ridgeland tax revenue moving to the Rez.  Again. 



40 comments:

Anonymous said...

This doesn’t include PRVWSD district on the Rankin county side, does it?

Anonymous said...

10:15

The resolution only applies to the Rankin County part of the district since Madison County is already "wet."

Anonymous said...

Oh, great. More PRVWSD approved eyesores.

Love the DUIs, the trash, the white trash winos, scratchoffs, gaudy crap. Wine in a box. It's not enough that the Rez convenience stores sell more booze than anyone in town already. We gotta double down on the dumb. Good grief.

We can become like Northeast Jerkson. McDonald's next to the likker store. Only the finest. SMH.

Degradation in culture, by "independent" GubMint agency decree.

Let's just call it what it is now- PEARL Trailer Park District and Lake. That's what they've brought us.

Declining home values, low class businesses, dollar stores, even more storage places, trailers, now likker stores.

White trashism by decree. Good Lord.

Fire these folks, Tater. Now.

Anonymous said...

How many times we gonna resurface the Spillway? Can’t let that money get too old.

Anonymous said...

Makes sense. Didn't realize that PRVWSD district would override the "dry" county restrictions on the Rankin county side.

Anonymous said...

More booze on the Rez. What could possibly go wrong?

Anonymous said...

The Spillway needs repaving. It's as bad as Jackson roads. The current upper and lower spillway roads will be turned into bicycle and walkway paths in a few years. The current plan is to build two new roads south of the current spillway over the Pearl River when they get the 150 million dollars plus to build the project. Maybe they'll build the road out of concrete instead of cheap black tar.

Anonymous said...

@ 10:47 -- What on God's green earth are you talking about? Where have you seen such decay on the Madison side of the Rez? Geez - take your meds.

Anonymous said...

10:47, declining home values, are you kidding? Go try and buy a home on that side, if you can find one for sale. The only thing making home values decline are the people in the neighborhoods. 16-1800 sqft houses from the 90's and some people are the only thing making values decline.

Anonymous said...

@11:31 AM - Shhhh. Don't tell anyone how nice it is on the Madison side of the Rez...they'll move here.

Anonymous said...

The areas around the Rez would be so much nicer if it weren't inhabited by rednecks who pretend that they live on Lake Tahoe. If you hillbillies have never been to Lake Tahoe, even at 6 feet deep and still see the bottom.

Anonymous said...

to 10:47.................i got news for you brother, the white trash, trailer park mentality on the rankin county side of the reservoir has been there since carter was in the white house and no amount of government rules and regulations will ever change it. you must have been asleep like rip van winkle for the past 40 years to miss that.

Anonymous said...

11:31, this is about the Rez side. Unless you are being sarcastic, I think you either need to start, or perhaps better yet, stop those "meds." You must be a patron of those stores on the Lower West Side.

Anonymous said...

to 10:47.....if you are looking for ''eyesores'' on the rankin county side of the reservoir you dont have to look any further than the million of cigarette buts littering the roads along with the other assorted trash. cigarette smokers will all tell you that cigarette butts ARE NOT LITTER.
the biggest problem in the rankin reservoir neighborhoods are punk ass meth heads and heroin addicts. not legitimate businesses.
what rock have you been living under for the past 3 decades?

Anonymous said...

12:02 - 10:47 was harping about the economic and moral decay on the Madison side due to liquor stores, and how it would impact the Rankin side the same way. It's a non sequitur. As is your reference to the "Rez side".

Anonymous said...

So what will all the religious hicks in rankin county do now with all their illegal moonshine?

Anonymous said...

Yall talk all you want about the luxurious life on either side of the rez, but if you walk from one end of the spillway to the other and witness the tons (literally) of trash piled up on the side of the road, you'll realize who your neighbors are.

Anonymous said...

When will Rankin County as a whole quit playing the hypocrite and just allow liquor? This piecemeal "resort" crap doesn't fool anyone. While we are at it just abolish the Alcoholic Beverage Control. I bootleg all my liquor because I can get it for at least 25% cheaper out of state.

Anonymous said...

Anything to keep the Rankinites on their side of the pond. I swear, they can't even operate an interstate offramp.

Missed Opportunity said...

No Baptist liquor store jokes?

Anonymous said...

Odd how a comment about white trash brings out a redneck commenting repetitively about cigarette butts and litter.

Oh, the I-rone-ee in that.

Anonymous said...

@1:11 said "While we are at it just abolish the Alcoholic Beverage Control."

I've been saying this for years. The debacle this year on stopping orders from liquor store and long delayed deliveries, none of which is caused by the pandemic, shows all the more that ABC has long outlived its usefulness. Private business can do this much more efficiently than government.

Anonymous said...

What's the big deal?

I've been buying legal bottle liquor in Rankin county since the 90's and don't have to drive past Lakeland.

KF, you should really screen these stories. Out of staters will read these idiocy rants and it'll prove that this state is full of dumbasses.(10:47)

Anonymous said...

@ 1:10

Where is all of this trash you speak of?

Anonymous said...

The guys on Lake Harbor will be out of business in a year.

Cinco de Mayo can use that parking

Anonymous said...

Dear 1:16

As a Rankin Redneck” I am as enthused as you are for not having to cross the river to buy my hooch. If we could block traffic across the Rez I would be ecstatic.

Anonymous said...

11:30 AM I wouldn't hold your breath on that new spillway road. It will be 40 years by the time that road is finished. It only took 19 years to plan and build Lake Harbor Ex.

Anonymous said...

Spillway Road is worn out from Hinds residents coming for a job and Madisonites coming to shop, eat, and hand over tax dollars.

Then, like grandchildren, they go back home! Win win.

Anonymous said...

to 2:50.....i agree that private business can out do the state's government monopoly on the wholesale of liquor and wine, BUT YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND, that this is mississippi, and the leading growth industry here is government............not free enterprise. PLEASE BE ADVISED that all this government buracracy is brought to you by your precious mississippi republican party............the party of ''limited government''.
and yes , i voted for and support trump, but not these panty-waste whimps who run state government under the guise of being republicans.


Anonymous said...

@11:47 you can see six feet deep or better at Smith Lake...you ever spent much time in Cullman or Jasper? Clear water isn’t a sign of superiority.

Anonymous said...

11:31 - I trust you're kidding. If not, take a spin around the Old Rice to 43 route on the Madison County side. Worse than a trailer park. Dilapidated housing, every semblance of fencing falling down and rotted, junk piled high, trash everywhere, 80% of the properties not maintained. If this side of the Rez property is in a contest with west Jacktown for trashy, call off the contest - we have a winner!

Anonymous said...

Lake Harbor liquor stores about to dry up.

@3:04 PM Where at?

Anonymous said...

I got news for Lieutenant General Sigman (heel click) - The Rez Board is not the authority on liquor stores. That would be the Tax Commission.

Anonymous said...

Thank the heavens, damn tired of driving over that spillway for a decent bottle of wine. Geez, I love this state but, MS can seem backwards at times. The Baptist are gonna drink no matter where you put the liquor store. Get over it already!

Anonymous said...

After reading numerous comments here:
We don't have liter, the prisoners pick it up each month.

There is already a McD's on Spillway/Fannin.

Madison County did not fall into a hellhole due to liquor laws. Nor will REZ area.

Shaggys on the Rez serves the best mixed drinks you ever had in your lives!

I don't know where anyone could purchase alcohol without ever crossing Lakeland Drive unless you are military and can shop at the airbase. I do and thought I moved into the 60's when first arriving here over 18 yrs ago.

Those liquor stores on the Rez would have never succeeded or opened if there was not a demand for them via Rankin County residents. Why shouldn't Rankin residents get the tax money?

MS should allow for home delivery of these beverages from grocery stores, liquor stores etc. Equals NO DRUNK DRIVING. I miss my wine club and free gifts.

I HAVE NEVER DRANK AND DRIVEN. This mindset that irresponsible people will drink and drive is ridiculous as irresponsible people break all laws all the time. The rest of us, religious or not will abide by laws.

The lottery is the best thing to happen to this state in a long while and can fund many projects. Why have all those Baptist cross state lines to buy lotto tickets or go to the casinos?

JOKE: The only difference between a Baptist and a Catholic is that the Catholic will acknowledge running into you at the liquor store!



Anonymous said...

They have the authority now with new resort status regulations and as long as they follow ABC, they are good to go.

Anonymous said...

2:40 is clueless.
This is THE LAST thing we need on the Spillway Rd "Southshore" area of the Rez. Terrible decision.
Comparing the Rankin county side of the Reservoir with Madison ignores the zoning and land use requirements in place among other important factors.
Was driving four friggin' miles across the damn that bad?
Not surprising NO ONE new this was coming.
The PRV's website isn't updated. No notice on social media. The Judge quit maintaining Jim's old community The Rez News page.

Anonymous said...

"They have the authority now with new resort status regulations and as long as they follow ABC, they are good to go."

That's why I said the Tax Commission is the final authority. The ABC, which you mention, is part of the Tax Commission.

Anonymous said...

"Driving four frigging miles over the damn (sic dam) is inconvenient. I don't want to drive over the REZ. Wine should be sold at grocery stores here. This has never hurt liquor store sales in other states. Most stores already sell beer so why not wine? Ridiculous backwards laws do not help and will not prevent anyone from drinking alcohol as the success of those stores on the county lines are proof (no pun). Wine should also be allowed to be ordered online and delivered here. The state would still earn tax dollars from it. Good night nurse, MS is one of only 2 states that does not allow it. Do people think that a liquor store is any different from a bar or food business that serves alcohol beverages? On another note, I have lived here for 18 years and have never been stopped by a Reservoir Patrol DUI Check. I actually support these after growing up around a lake in another state. Have no problem with it. It gets DUI's, no insurance, etc off the roads. Seems like a great option if we get a liquor store on the REZ. We need Checkpoints on the Southside with all the public boat ramps.

Anonymous said...

How can you people honestly be against this? Rankin county loses so much money because people have to drive over the rez or to Jackson for their liquor and wine. If done right, this is going to be great for the Rez and Rankin county. Get the stick out of your butts people. It's 2020! No reason we shouldn't have liquor in one part of the county. Sheez.



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