WEDNESDAY,JUNE 4,2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3
ALCOHOL
Sunday liquor sales still topic of debate
By Brandon Baker
bbaker@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
Following a string of other Kansas cities, the Leavenworth City Commission considered allowing Sunday liquor sales yesterday. Lenexa, Overland Park, Leawood, Olathe and Mission have all addressed the same issue.
The city commissioners of Lawrence have focused on Sunday liquor sales, but they have put it on the back burner for now.
Lawrence City Commissioner David Schauner said the issue of Sunday liquor sales was a bit like a line of dominoes when one city passed Sunday sales, neighboring cities thought they should do the same.
Alvin Schmidtberger, owner of Alvin's Wine and Spirits, 901 Iowa St., said the city needed to start considering Sunday liquor sales.
"Douglas County is going to have to take a stand or lose money," Schmidtberger said. "They can't allow the next counties to take their business."
Kamme Kostner, Wichita junior, said traveling out of state for Sunday liquor was a common practice for her friends.
"Even if we do buy enough for Sunday, we drink it Saturday," Kostner said.
Jim Myers, owner of Myers Retail Liquor, 902 W.23rd St., said that eventually
SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES: CITIES
Lenexa — passed, in effect June 21
Overland Park — passed
Kansas City, Kan. — passed
Edwardsville — passed
Prairie Village — voting in June
Olathe — public hearing yesterday
Leawood — considering the issue
Mission — Sunday liquor sales vetoed
Lawrence would allow sales of liquor on Sunday,but sales would remain the same.
"It makes for a slower Saturday and Sunday," Myers said.
David M. Dunfield, mayor of Lawrence said that the issue would eventually come before the city commissioners, but that it was not urgent. Dunfield added that individual employment would increase but that the city wouldn't earn any more revenue from Sunday liquor sales. Taxes from liquor sales go to the state of Kansas, not the individual city.
Matt Rice, Kansas City, Mo., graduate and employee at Jensen Retail Liquor, 620 Ninth Street, said he wouldn't mind working a short shift on Sunday, but agreed that sales on Saturday would be affected.
"It's a new trend but eventually it will come," Rice said.
— Edited by Amy Kelly
DAILEY: Provision may cut school budget
which Sebelius vetoed on April 21. The first amendment would have cut $3.1 million from the School of Social Welfare's budget if it was determined Dailey used sexually explicit materials in class.
Sen. Kay O'Connor said she supported Wagle's provision and that if Dailey's class included pornography, it's the Legislature's job to let taxpayers know where their money was going.
Dailey was surprised Sebelius passed the second provision because the underlying principles were similar to the first amendment, he said.
provision was a compromise of language.
Lauren Debiak, Lenexa junior, took Dailey's class in the fall of 2002. She said she thought the law was unnecessary because viewing the videos was an optional part of the class.
"Pornography demeans a part of human life-that should be elevated," O'Connor said. "I feel very strongly that we're moving in the right direction."
Dailey said although the provision had little substance, passing it had a symbolic impact by lending credibility to the activities of the Legislature.
"If someone was offended by it, they could leave," Debiak said. "No one was forced to do anything they didn't want to do."
O'Connor said she thought the second
The provision hasn't affected enrollment in the elective class, which currently has 437 students signed up for next fall.
Edited by Kevin Wiggs