FWIW, i did NOT say the state is losing "thousands of dollars" in tax revenue. I've learned during the course of the FTH campaign that news articles rarely contain exact quotations of what people in the article said. Rather, what they do is jot down a few notes about the gist of your comments, then make up a couple sentences to summarize and put quotes around it.

What i actually said at the public hearing on the House bill is that "thousands of Alabamians" travel to neighboring states to buy these beers, and those sales should be taking place in Alabama.

Found this blog via Google. Thanks for the plug.
Danner Kline | Homepage | 03.26.07 - 1:20 pm | #

Bad news, actually. And not because I don't think the bill is a wonderful idea, but because the bill failed to pass... again.

And as far as tax money goes, it doesn't matter if it's $100 or $1000, it's money that is not going to the state of Alabama, but could and should be. We're willing to pay for it, so we should benefit from it.
Mandy | 04.04.07 - 11:34 pm | #