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Tuesday, January 31

Richfield Liquor Stores

I was innocently browsing the City of Richfield web site tonight when I discovered "Liquor Stores" listed under Fire & Police as a government department?!? As it turns out, Richfield is one of 21 metro area cities that run municipal liquor stores as a local fund raiser.

Revenues in 2003 topped $9 million - divided by 34,502 residents comes out to an impressive $261/person. Of course this doesn't hold a candle to the booze hounds in Lexington, who dropped $1077 apiece at the liquor store coupla years back.

I had to calculate these numbers, so they're probably wrong - if so I blame PdfGrabber.

PS - was I dumb for not knowing the definition of off-sale liquors?

posted by Brad at 1/31/2006 11:10:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

1 Comments:

  • Hells ya! A majority of the revenue then goes directly into the parks budget, providing citizens with schweet places like Wood Lake Park and Preserve and Veterans Park (complete with mini golf and a small water park for the kiddies, and also where the farmers market is in the summer.) Although, I think if you got drunk and passed out on a park bench you'd still get in trouble even though you technically helped fund said park bench. See you soon fellow Richfield-ian.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/01/2006 7:50 AM 

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