*sigh* such disappointment...

Well.... my little dry city is now wet...
SOOO.... there are a lot of people who are thrilled... I'm not. I wanted it to stay dry...
Even my own little brother was thrilled and it really disappointed me...

This is the letter I wrote to him:
I wouldn't be so excited about Lubbock being wet. I've been to plenty of large areas that are wet...
You have to consider how this will change the community 10 yrs down the line. It will benefit Tax wise, that's the only benefit the city and community takes on from this.
Now children will be able to steal liquor in more obvious places like Walmart or the corner store where they are unmonitored and you know they will. Teens and kids already do it to their parents but that is an entirely different setting with less of a consequence because if it disappears the people know where it went and can take action.
Bringing alcohol directly into a city setting brings up crime and death rates due to accidents because of location and availability of alcohol simply because it is another drug that is abused more so than others because it is not outlawed. Bums dwell around prominent areas that solicit and sell cheap alcohol even with or without ID checks by the seller and clerks.
I'm only saying this because I travel regularly to areas that are wet and are a city setting. It's not that grand to live in it's only good to party in. Lubbock is like a tiny diamond in a pile of dust really and it should remain that diamond. It is boring here and there's not much to do but it has always been a good place for people to come and retire and also raise a family. I only wish you could understand.
I know you are old enough to actually think about things like this and smart enough to consider it. I know your friends probably don't think much of it because they like to party like you and I know you don't do it so much anymore. But, things concerning major change to a city and area, you have to consider if it's best for it and how it will change it 10 yrs down the line and if YOU will be here 10 yrs down the line. Because it was passed for Lubbock to be wet there will be major change here and I can almost guarantee that it will not be good based on my observation of areas that are wet.
I am kind of disappointed because I know most of the people that voted on this were college students including myself. Yet, I also know that many that voted for this did not take into consideration a grand scheme or the big picture of a timeline that includes what major change like this involves on a 10 yr plan and it disappoints me because they voted for convenience for themselves... I voted for Lubbock staying dry.


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I know everyone has a right to express themselves and a right to do as they please and I just needed my opinion known to him when I saw he was happy about it. It just disappointed me so much when he was excited about it... I don't know... I just kind of thought that he would have thought about things more... I know he's my little brother and he is extremely rash and I know that this place becoming wet would happen soon or later...

I just wish it was later... because in my family my father abused alcohol and beat on my older brother (til his ears bled) and mom (until she was black and blue and has scars on her legs) because of it... I also travel a couple times per year and I know how places are with it readily available and it doesn't make me happy... It makes me very sad and disappointed... and makes me more so when I know it is readily available with people who will abuse it and will be able to do so more since it is now readily available just down the street.

*sigh*
I wish he would remember and place himself there and consider how things like this effect many families. But I know he's too young to remember and I know he's been brought up to be so happy that he doesn't realize things around him yet. I'm proud of his accomplishments and of him as a person.... but I can't help but to feel a deep cut through me of disappointment in him at this moment.

It's kind of a sad night for me tonight...
-Linda