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Newarkguy1836 OP t1_jb96r0a wrote

I support this change.
The current laws discriminate against minorities & working class whites ,making it IMPOSSIBLE to open pubs/bar-restaurants in their communities. This is the reason you DON'T see minority owned bars - restaurants . 98% of Newarkers cannot afford $300-700k for a liquor license!

Liquor sales make up at least 55% of all revenue in serving restaurants. The margin is razor thin on food sales.

All these people opposing are defending the monopoly bc THEY have interests!

The author talks about "mom & pop pubs/taverns", but then goes on to list all these major or "favorite "bar-restaurants "that will be affected".

I guarantee 90% of those businesses are owned by millionaires!

NJ builds thousands of homes yearly, I don't see home prices dropping! Why should liquor licenses in Tom's River, Belmar ,Ewing be affected by expanding the number Licenses for more Bar/Grill businesses in Newark, for example?

It's not a ZERO sum game!

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anung_un_rana t1_jb9on96 wrote

Are we best friends? I’ve been shouting this from atop my soap box for years now. It’s absurd that the highest population density areas of the state are limited to so few licenses.

E: Shouting NOT shooting

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Newarkguy1836 OP t1_jbfy6h6 wrote

Correct. Under current NJ liquor regulations , Newark can NEVER be the 24 hour live city NYC is in terms of nightlife & restaurants.

Imagine if NYC was in NJ, where annexation was restricted, then denied by "home rule". Liquor laws arranged in zero sum game determined by a set finite number that can only be sold ortransferred, but never added on to.

You get Newark! A city sabotaged by its host state.

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PracticableSolution t1_jbbqwuj wrote

Yes and it’s demonstrable: look at the New York / New Jersey state line. Is Warwick or Greenwood Lake any worse than West Milford or Vernon? No! Exactly the opposite

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