Comments by josiesbar
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Posted on August 12 at 10:45 p.m.
Look! What's that? It's a bird! It's a plane! No, its...Coffey County!
Soon...
Matt
Posted on June 23 at 11:12 a.m.
AHAHAHAHA!
Those are the worst ones! The people that are 200 pounds overweight, complaining that second hand smoke is bad for them. Gotta love it.
Posted on June 23 at 10:59 a.m.
My quewstion (take THAT!) is that now EDA/CAE/whatever the last acronym was, have secured further state, federal, and private grants (along with a percentage of liquor taxes, which were down $14,000 in May from the previous year. Good job on that one), what is the next ban going to be? I really want to know where this money is coming from/going to, ESPECIALLY the tax money!
Matt
Posted on June 22 at 8:36 p.m.
"However, the business owner who wants to survive will be the one to overcome adversity and figure out a way to attract new customers and bring back the old customers"
Are you serious? Really? Overcome adversity, Irish? Would you define adversity as the largest economic downturn since the great depression? Or the loss of 30% of your business due to the smoking ban?
Bar owners in Emporia are now dealing with both. You seem to think you're so smart, what would you with your infinite wisdom due?
Matt
Posted on June 22 at 5:33 p.m.
Crack, are you seriously trying to tell me the smoking ban had no negative influence on the bars? If so, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn real cheap!
For the rest of you, I posted numbers from liquor taxes collected in Lyon County showing a $14,000 decrease between May 08 and May 09
Posted on June 22 at 10:09 a.m.
Here's what you don't get. Except for a small drop in 05 and 06, every year you mention was at least a little higher than the year before. Since 2004, there has never been a $14,000 drop from one year to the next. Come to think of it, except for 05 and 06, there wasn't a drop at all. There aren't too many variables to base my conclusion on. There are only two logical ones. The economy and the smoking ban, and I ruled out the economy, because all of the previous months except January showed modest gains, and Jan was only down slightly.
You never were good at arguing against reason, and now I know that you are horrible at arguing against hard numbers.
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Posted on August 13 at 9:18 p.m.
Goodoleboy,
Yep, Josie's went the same way Hastings did. If it makes you feel any better, I'm probably more glad it closed than you are.
One thing to think about... I bet Burlington will sure enjoy it's 4th of July next year...
It's good to know I'll be missed though!
Matt
On Blight Be Gone