When is a town a town?

And as a follow-up, what laws can a non-town enforce on its non-residents? Yet another fine example of the post-neo-prohibition movement in this country, but even better.

Musty law aims to cork winery

These arguments amaze me every time they come up, but this one is simply unbelievable. The long and short of it is that there's a winery 'in them thar hills', and some people don't like it.:

"The town of 3,000 people in the heart of Colorado's fruit orchards is the state's only dry town, having voted nearly 40 years ago to prohibit the retail sale of wine and liquor. Only 3.2-percent beer is allowed."...

"The town of Orchard City could be held up as a model for contradictions. Incorporated in 1912 in order to float a water bond, the town eventually annexed the communities of Austin, Cory and Eckert, which have their own post offices and their own ZIP codes. Orchard City never built a post office, so it doesn't have a ZIP code."

"We're for real even though you can't find us," said Huerkamp."

"The town has no schools, no traffic lights, no sidewalks and no police force. Because it provides no services, it has neither sales nor property taxes."

And if that weren't enough, here comes the ringer:

"We're not trying to wreck this man's business. We'd like to find a cooperative solution to this," (emphasis T.t.S.)

Wow.