The booze ballot initiative passed in Bethel last Tuesday, as near as can be told. From an article in The Tundra Drums:
Seven miles downriver from Bethel in Napaskiak, a dry village of 430, tribal chief Chris Larson said all the villages in the region will be hurt if Bethel goes wet.
People will be able to drive up the frozen river or go by boat in the summer to get their orders, and crime will rise, he said.
“Not only the people but the school children will be hurt,” he said. “I’ll tell you one thing, if Mom and Dad have drinks and party all night, then the children will go to school tired. They won’t sleep well. They won’t learn like they should learn.”
We already see this, especially on Monday mornings. More of it doesn't seem like an especially enticing prospect.
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