Public Drinking on the Streets of Waynesville will Increase our Crime and litter and Decrease our Safety!

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Is Public Drinking on our streets a good idea or will it increase our crime and litter and decrease the safety of our children? The Downtown Waynesville Commission clearly doesn't have families and children in mind when they decided to recommend public drinking on the streets of Waynesville. They found 100 people who say they want it, so we need more than 100 people who say it will hurt our town and what we want our town to represent. We have families with children who live in town and visit our town. No downtown residents opposed the plan, according to the Downtown Waynesville Commission. Who did they poll? Probably people drinking at a pub! Only 65 percent of the 100 surveyed wanted public drinking everyday from 10AM to 10PM.

Hendersonville has rejected it and only the college town of Sylva has voted it in.
https://mountainx.com/news/social-distr ... on-in-wnc/

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachm ... tricts.pdf

Citizens should watch for the day in June to go to the Town Council meeting to oppose this plan. They could opt for special events but they want public drinking every single day of the week like Sylva, which is close to the college.

Main Street is state highway 276. What happens when a drunk person gets hit by a car? Is the Town of Waynesville going to be sued because they voted "yes" to public drinking on the streets? This will be a nightmare, with people walking back and forth to the new apartment complex at the old Bi-Lo location.

https://www.themountaineer.com/news/wei ... b841d.html

https://smokymountainnews.com/news/item ... l-district

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Many problems come with public drinking on the streets of Waynesville. With the Apartments opening at the old Bi-Lo site, people will be walking from Main Street back to the Apartments with drinks in hand. Other towns in NC are fighting to keep it out of their downtowns and away from their children.

https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/tid ... cb041.html

https://www.wakeforestnc.gov/news/commi ... l-district

https://abc11.com/raleigh-social-distri ... /12128985/

https://wlos.com/news/local/hendersonvi ... rants-bars

Will people try to walk in other restaurants that don't serve alcohol with alcoholic beverages?
https://www.randolphhub.com/article/com ... -districts

Will the Town of Waynesville be liable if a person hands over their alcoholic beverage to a minor, who then drives a car and injures themselves or another person or buys a drink for an already intoxicated person because the bar refused to sell them more?
https://www.rflaw.net/social-host-liabi ... -carolina/