Nope. The signatures will be certified tomorrow. How do I know? We’re talking about access to beer (and wine). I know.
Triple play. Rogers says book it.
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Gotta wonder if the attorney “Siegel” in the DMN article is related to the liquor store of same name. Those guys have a oligopoly to protect.
@ 4:43 pm on June 22, 2010
Except the beer store is Sigel’s. Nevermind.
The part about the oligopoly, though, that’s still valid.
@ 4:45 pm on June 22, 2010
fwiw, I heard that “Siegel” is an attorney that has repped Addison liquor interests in the past…but you probably knew that, huh?
@ 8:53 am on June 23, 2010
Mr. Siegel does in fact work for Sigel’s Liquor, however he is not related to the family. In 2003, I was one of the first to challenge the Dallas Liquor industry in 2003 in Rockwall County. During the protracted partition process, they used every dirty trick possible, including voter tampering and bribes to prevent expansion of competition. (A book should be written, or least a very interesting article concerning the changing of the liquor laws). The process finally went to the Supreme Court of Texas, which overturned the long standing and nearly impossible requirements to call a Wet/Dry Election. The court’s ruling reduced the number of voters required to call an election, and it became far easier to call an election. That is why we had a massive expansion of wet areas the past 5 years. Mr. Siegel is a very good hired gun for the established liquor stores protecting their turf.
@ 9:05 pm on June 23, 2010
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Gotta wonder if the attorney “Siegel” in the DMN article is related to the liquor store of same name. Those guys have a oligopoly to protect.
Except the beer store is Sigel’s. Nevermind.
The part about the oligopoly, though, that’s still valid.
fwiw, I heard that “Siegel” is an attorney that has repped Addison liquor interests in the past…but you probably knew that, huh?
Mr. Siegel does in fact work for Sigel’s Liquor, however he is not related to the family. In 2003, I was one of the first to challenge the Dallas Liquor industry in 2003 in Rockwall County. During the protracted partition process, they used every dirty trick possible, including voter tampering and bribes to prevent expansion of competition. (A book should be written, or least a very interesting article concerning the changing of the liquor laws). The process finally went to the Supreme Court of Texas, which overturned the long standing and nearly impossible requirements to call a Wet/Dry Election. The court’s ruling reduced the number of voters required to call an election, and it became far easier to call an election. That is why we had a massive expansion of wet areas the past 5 years. Mr. Siegel is a very good hired gun for the established liquor stores protecting their turf.