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oA <br /> ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES c 3101 `;ILVER LAKE R04.D o %liNNEAPOLIS, ;.IINNESOTA 55418 *,PHONE 789.8881 <br /> CITY OF <br /> ST C nTHong <br /> January 25 , 198Z <br /> sarna <br /> :oo:- 21 2 <br /> State. -fice �'iilGls r <br /> St . Paul , !11'.. D_D155 <br /> Dear John , <br /> In recent -,ontfs , uncertainty regarding local government re- <br /> venue sources as been a tremendous problem. Our City has struggled <br /> • tiith. this problem in our budgeting process. as well as in the day <br /> to <br /> ca,,.? financial -onitorinc of City finances . <br /> °_ left few stories unturned in the Seared for <br /> re`_enLies and no-..: consiC=ring an action whic- 4iCuld indireCtl'•' <br /> C31:%=ce still majcr re ,enue Source . <br /> er the east Se%:eral rears , the profits ( $400 , 000 in, 19 al) <br /> generated b%, thy' St. Anthony Municipal Liquor Operati n have <br /> generated 25 oz the City' s total General Fund Budget Also during <br /> that time period , wine sales and the overall popularity of wine <br /> have grown tremendousiv . Nine is also one of the highest profit <br /> items that our off sale operation markets . <br /> It is not surprising that grocery stores would like the right <br /> to sell an item with such high profitability and mushrooming popu- <br /> larity and we resoect their desire to make a living and a good <br /> profit . <br /> St . =,ut onv cannot afforc to lose this major revenue source <br /> and we are �:���_ concerned about the proposed legislation that would <br /> allow Sales of wine in grocery stores . <br /> Iii addition , wine is - intoxicating (approximately 5 times the <br /> Alcohol co-nt._;nt _. . 2 L, er) and it is more th=n l':ist a beveraC?e <br /> COnSum'o lth `C.-,_ _ a:il?:?tS Orld l�c° 3 1)V t!?e I-C\2r The <br /> • tra,itio:-1 Of l•:' :;c' '. 1 lood niav : -c Ilia`.':-c found to be t'ae rule in Furope , <br /> BLit the c,-.'_SL 1S not i1i:.i1-1\' SO StrO'1� 111 tile`'. U . S. %•:hero it 15 .1so a <br /> "social bev=(.e <br />