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Lawyer says statewide alcohol petitions invalid

A lawyer has said petitions submitted for a statewide vote on retail alcohol sales in all 75 counties were submitted to late under the Arkansas Constitution and cannot be certified.
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The money in the booze battles

Walmart has now put $1 million into the effort to get local option elections on retail alcohol sales in Faulkner, Saline and Craighead Counties.
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Liquor stores power opposition to Faulkner County wet campaign

Liquor dealers in neighboring counties have contributed $200,000 so far to fight a wet-dry election in dry Faulkner County.

The Monday open line and money report

Here's an open line for a new week. Some news today on campaign fund-raising. Mike Ross leads in the governor's race bankroll. Walmart has put $600,000 into allowing alcohol sales in three growing counties.
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Alcohol sales petition drive reports progress

Lawyer says petition drives for alcohol sales elections in three counties and statewide are progressing well. The county measures should make the ballot. A campaign sidelight: Alcohol sales foe Sen. Jason Rapert has benefitted financially from alcohol-scented money from Conway County, where dealers would prefer to keep their regional monopoly on alcohol sales.

Another Walmart questioner — in the Arkansas legislature even! During stockholder meeting week!

A Republican Arkansas legislator likes points being made against Walmart in wet/dry election in Faulkner County. He wishes Sam Walton was around. But his kids still call company shots and they'll be on hand this week for a raft of questions raised by company critics, from beer in Faulkner County to bribery in Latin America.
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UPDATE: The comfort food, beer sales and traveling Arkansas open line

The open line includes David Leiws' great music video "I've Been Everywhere" (in Arkansas), plus news of groundwork for a proposal to make sale of alcohol legal statewide.
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