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From YouTube: Councilwoman Cindy Bass on Liquor By the Drink Sales and Neighborhood Stop N Gos 10-27-2016
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, October 27, 2016:
Councilwoman Cindy Bass (8th District), who has made fighting liquor-by-the drink sales at neighborhood "stop-n-gos" a quality of life issue, calls attention to recent state-level efforts to allow retailers to sell single-serve alcoholic beverages in neighborhood stores.
www.phlcouncil.com/CindyBass
B
You,
mr.
president,
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
something
that
happened
last
night
up
in
Harrisburg
speaking
of
Harrisburg,
and
we
as
a
council
have
been
working
on
the
issue
surrounding
the
overexposure
of
alcohol
on
many
of
our
communities.
For
many
years,
councilman
Blackwell
really
coined
the
phrase,
stop
and
go
and
her
efforts,
along
with
yours,
council
president
and
really
all
of
my
colleagues,
are
continually
thwarted
by
some
of
the
things
that
do
happen
in
Harrisburg
around
this
particular
issue.
You
know
this.
This
issue
is
very
damaging
to
the
Commonwealth's
largest
city
Philadelphia.
B
We
need
help
and
we
need
a
partnership
on
this
particular
issue.
We've
been
asking
on
liquor
licenses
we've
been
asking
on
gun
laws
and
there
is
a
connection
between
what
happens
in
our
neighborhoods
and
how
these
things
are
happening
in
the
fact
that
they've
been
legalized,
often
without
any
sort
of
public
input,
any
sort
of
public
comment,
and
they
just
are
happening
in
our
neighborhoods
without
folks.
B
Knowing
the
latest
thing
that
happened
overnight
in
Harrisburg
was
that
there
was
a
vote
taken
in
the
state
Senate
to
amend
some
alcohol
liquor,
laws
which
were
most
notably
allow
beer
distributors
to
now
sell
smaller
quantities
of
beer
from
a
six-pack
to
a
single
can
so
now
they
would
be
able.
If
governor
wolf
signs
this
piece
of
legislation,
they
would
be
able
to
compete
with
stop
and
goes
that
sell
single
cans
of
beer
and
malt
liquor.
And
so
the
question
is
how
many
of
these
establishments
do.
B
We
need
in
our
community,
as
I
had
mentioned
before,
I
have
26
of
these
types
of
establishments
stop
and
goes
in
my
community
in
my
district,
and
this
would
clearly
increase
the
number
of
outlets
where
you
will
be
able
to
purchase
single
single
cans
of
beer,
alcohol
and,
with
this
increased,
continuous
exposure
and
consumption
of
alcohol
among
a
very
vulnerable
population.
I
think
that
it's
time
for
all
of
us
to
call
on
Governor
wolf
to
say
we
need
help.
B
We
need
for
him
to
really
look
at
this
piece
of
legislation
and
to
not
sign
it,
and
so
I
would
urge
that
folks
would
reach
out
and
say
we.
We
just
really
cannot
absorb
any
more
of
this
in
Philadelphia.
You
know
we
have
to
understand
that
Philadelphia
is
not
the
same
as
Cambria
County
or
prouder
County
or
you
know
they
really
have
to
understand
that
what
we
need
is
so
much
very
is
so
very
different
from
what
other
folks
need
and
again
these
stop
and
gos
they.
You
know.
B
Ninety
percent
of
those
in
my
district
sell
no
food,
they
don't
have
restrooms
available
for
their
customers.
They
don't
have
the
tables
and
chairs.
All
of
these
are
requirements
to
have
their
restaurant
license
and
they
don't
have
any
of
it.
So
we
need
some
help
on
this
issue
and
I
just
really
want
to
urge
folks
to
pay
attention
and
to
reach
out
to
the
governor's
office
as
soon
as
possible.
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
Thank.
A
B
You,
mr.
president
and
I
did
speak
with
Senator
Hughes
this
morning
about
this
particular
issue,
and
so
I
did
one
also
acknowledge
and
thank
Senator,
Hughes,
Williams
and
kitchen
for
standing
up
and
speaking
out
against
this
and
saying
what
a
detrimental
effect
it
would
have
here
on
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
so
they
really
clearly
get
it
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
them
as
well.
Thank
you.
Mr.
Davis.