Newspaper, Council Pretend Alcohol Debate Continues

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Last week, the Janesville Gazette made another effort to make it look like Janesville city government was still busy debating over whether or not to allow alcohol to be served at the Janesville Ice Arena. This article about Janesville’s Alcohol License Advisory Committee carried the usual false concerns from committee members, as if they were toiling over some complex problems and the private investment hockey group was navigating their greased skid through difficult city governmental hurdles. What a joke.

JG Excerpt:
The contract signed between the council and Wisconsin Hockey Partners allows the partners to terminate the contract if it does not get a liquor license.

THAT is the final authority on the deal. All the talk and debate from the city council and administration over concerns about alcohol are phony arguments meant to look like they care. Once the council approved of the contract on March 23rd, they agreed in principle to alcohol sales and all the other contingencies and demands in the contract. Everything else became uselessly rudimentary.

But that didn’t stop the council’s carnival of comedy at the Monday night’s meeting. Some concerned residents continued to speak out against the alcohol as if it mattered, and were led to believe the council was still grappling over whether or not the city can justify selling alcohol at youth oriented hockey games. No way, not with this city council. They are way beyond that now.

Believe it or not, the alcohol issue became contentious only after a council member suggested restricting the type of alcohol sold at the arena to beer only. Oh the outrage! Talk about a change in pursuit.

Yet, concerned residents are still being fed this load of crap, and the Gazette continued to dump more yesterday when they implied that the new council member, Frank Perrotto, might eventually hold the deciding vote on the license.

JG Excerpt:
After Monday's meeting, Perrotto said he didn't think it was appropriate to say how he would vote until he could share his opinion as a member of the council. He will be seated Monday, April 27.

Uh - oh. Looks like we got more of the same with Frank Perrotto. How many times have you heard council members say, "I don't like the idea about blah, blah, blah, or " I'm concerned about blah, blah and blah" only to turn around and vote against their concerns! Do we need more council members who "courageously" vote against their principles? Well, don't look now. Regardless, I highly doubt Perrotto will hold the power to deny the hockey group's liquor license among this group of waffling wafflers. To imply he does just keeps this charade alive.

Probably the best decision or sign the hockey team received in the past few weeks from the city of Janesville were the election results showing that the residents really don't care about the issues when they voted all the incumbents back into office. The city council received a 'confidence' mandate to pretty much do as they please.

JG Excerpt:
McCoshen doubted if Wisconsin Hockey Partners would immediately apply for a liquor license because it's not needed right away. The partners might wait to let the council see how the summer camps work and then come back to request a license, he said.

Well, that makes a lot of sense. EVERYTHING depends on whether they get the beer license and they're implying it's the council who is waiting to see how the summer camps work? Before they apply for the license? Who do they think they're kidding? Wait....don't tell me.