What's going on in Texas?

One more time. It seems like every other week, some wide spot in the road is voting on whether or not to dance with devil by permitting the sale of beer and wine. The latest: Lewisville, Texas. I'm sure everybody is familiar with this fine town but for those of you who are not, it's about 25 miles north of Dallas, Texas. I can't get my head around this. How can the state which invented 'Lone Star', the same state that claims 'Lone Star'as its national beer, not permit alcohol sales throughout its borders?

This bout pits two local heavy weights.

"Both Tevon Taylor, leader of the Lewisville Citizens for Economic Progress and Ben Smith, leader of the Keep Lewisville Safe movement plan to be in attendance at the council meeting."

The initials are too good, I can't resist. In one corner, you've got the pro-beer (T.T.) and in the other, the prohibtionist (B.S.). Onto the arguments:

Smith said Keep Lewisville Safe, opponents of legal alcohol sales in Lewisville, will launch their campaign Jan. 2. Although he didn't want to reveal specifics of the campaign, Smith said their goal is to educate voters about the dangers of alcohol.

'Keep Lewisville Safe' from what? As I have said before, the imlication is this - "Jesus drank, but you ain't Jesus, so suck it!" And it's a good thing he's keeping the 'specifics of the campaign' on the down-low. It's real hard to figure out the one plank in your platform. With all due respect to Mr. Smith (he's the pastor at the local Baptist church), Jesus is coming back, right? Problem is we don't know when or where? Suppose Jesus was heading to Lewisville to bring the faithful into the fold but because of the long drive, he wanted to have a beer first? He would have to go down to Flowers Mound to get one. And how would that make you feel, knowing those 'heathens' down the road got Jesus before you did? And for the grand finale:

"Now we're going to make a huge alcohol, beer and wine store adjacent to delay Middle School where there are many at-risk students and is a central purchasing site for day-laborers in Lewisville," Smith said. "What we're going to see for years to come is the streets lined with inebriated individuals who drink to soothe their pain. I feel like the residents of Old Town will be strongly behind our campaign because of what it will do to their community."

That's right. One sip of hooch and the whole town is going to hell in a handbasket. Overnight, Lewisville is going to look like a modern day version of 'The Night of Living Dead'. How about this, Reverend? Why don't you people set up zoning like the rest of the damn world has that prevents some jackass from setting up a pot still in the elementary school cafeteria? Believe it or not, people will drive to get a drink. They're doing it right now.

If somehow Rev. Smith's campaign succeeds and alcohol sales are not permitted, Lewisville will graduate to the growing list of towns that I will never visit. Sleep well, folks of Lewisville. I know I will (and do) after a good meal and a nice bottle of wine. Maybe, even a glass of Basil Hayden's to boot.