Dear Alcohol Beverage Control Board & Dillingham City Council,
I am writing to express my opposition to the transfer of the Olson Liquor license (#2787 DBA, Olson's Liquor Store) from the Willow Tree to the primarily residential location on Aleknagik Lake Rd and Raspberry Rd. My reasons for opposition include:
- Concerns of increased crime.
- Concerns of increased injuries including those resulting from being intoxicated while driving vehicles & snowmachines.
- Concerns of negative impact on time demands, and expense for law enforcement due to this proposed additional liquor store location and distance from police station.
- Concerns of negative impact on dry villages of Manokotak, Togiak, and Twin Hills due to close access to the main snow machine trail. Bootlegging will be difficult to monitor by law enforcement.
- Concerns of increased demand and expense for city and volunteer services such as ambulance crew, search and rescue crews.
- Concerns of lowered property values in the primarily residential neighborhood surrounding the proposed liquor store.
- Concern of precedent for a liquor store to be established in any residential area with the above listed possible significant negative impact.
Please do not approve the transfer of the license!
Thank you,
Updates
October 13, 2016
The petition reached a significant threshold that now requires the City Council to formally acknowledge our opposition. I am currently preparing the formal testimony to present at the next public hearing session.
Reached 100 supporters
October 13, 2016
71 Comments
I am a former resident with deep ties to Dillingham. We lived out Lake Rd. The area is family and the last thing it needs is a package store. Keep alcohol in downtown where it can be monitored and CONTROLLED.
Besides all the other concerns, it appears the proposed store was not given an honest attempt at public notice. Notice should have been posted in commonly read papers such as the Bristol Bay Times, on Dillingham Trading Post, etc.
I am located very close to the proposed site of the new liquor store and am concerned about any increase in the crime rate in my area that this may bring as we already have a high rate of breakins and theft in the area thus bringing this into the area in my opinion would cause more trouble and also trespassing problems . This we don't deserve.
Due to the minimal resources available in Dillingham in regards to law enforcement and emergency response services, it would be irresponsible to relocate the liquor store to a Lake Aleknagik road location.
I am raising my baby in this area, and it will not be safe for him or any other children with a liquor store that close to our home. Please do not allow this!
Although, I have moved from Dillingham, my home it will always be and my ties will never be cut, the stories I hear from friends and family concerning alcohol have made me feel helpless at times and angry that it has infested and created such a bad reputation with people who have been such a big part of me life. It is not needed and it will not help grow the community of Dillingham, AK.
I cannot agree with establishing a liquor store in a residential area. I live on Aleknagik Lake Rd and do not believe this will be a good idea. We already have one liquor store in town. If the board absolutely feels a second store is necessary, it'd be better located in a business district.
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Dear Alcohol Beverage Control Board & Dillingham City Council,
I am writing to express my opposition to the transfer of the Olson Liquor license (#2787 DBA, Olson's Liquor Store) from the Willow Tree to the primarily residential location on Aleknagik Lake Rd and Raspberry Rd. My reasons for opposition include:
- Concerns of increased crime.
- Concerns of increased injuries including those resulting from being intoxicated while driving vehicles & snowmachines.
- Concerns of negative impact on time demands, and expense for law enforcement due to this proposed additional liquor store location and distance from police station.
- Concerns of negative impact on dry villages of Manokotak, Togiak, and Twin Hills due to close access to the main snow machine trail. Bootlegging will be difficult to monitor by law enforcement.
- Concerns of increased demand and expense for city and volunteer services such as ambulance crew, search and rescue crews.
- Concerns of lowered property values in the primarily residential neighborhood surrounding the proposed liquor store.
- Concern of precedent for a liquor store to be established in any residential area with the above listed possible significant negative impact.
Please do not approve the transfer of the license!
Thank you,
Updates
October 13, 2016
The petition reached a significant threshold that now requires the City Council to formally acknowledge our opposition. I am currently preparing the formal testimony to present at the next public hearing session.
Reached 100 supporters
October 13, 2016
71 Comments
I already pick up enough beer cans and liquor bottles tossed from vehicles in the Nerka 7, Waskey area....we don't need the additional encouragement of another purchase option. NO.
I am a former resident with deep ties to Dillingham. We lived out Lake Rd. The area is family and the last thing it needs is a package store. Keep alcohol in downtown where it can be monitored and CONTROLLED.
Besides all the other concerns, it appears the proposed store was not given an honest attempt at public notice. Notice should have been posted in commonly read papers such as the Bristol Bay Times, on Dillingham Trading Post, etc.
I am located very close to the proposed site of the new liquor store and am concerned about any increase in the crime rate in my area that this may bring as we already have a high rate of breakins and theft in the area thus bringing this into the area in my opinion would cause more trouble and also trespassing problems . This we don't deserve.
Due to the minimal resources available in Dillingham in regards to law enforcement and emergency response services, it would be irresponsible to relocate the liquor store to a Lake Aleknagik road location.
I am raising my baby in this area, and it will not be safe for him or any other children with a liquor store that close to our home. Please do not allow this!
Although, I have moved from Dillingham, my home it will always be and my ties will never be cut, the stories I hear from friends and family concerning alcohol have made me feel helpless at times and angry that it has infested and created such a bad reputation with people who have been such a big part of me life. It is not needed and it will not help grow the community of Dillingham, AK.
I cannot agree with establishing a liquor store in a residential area. I live on Aleknagik Lake Rd and do not believe this will be a good idea. We already have one liquor store in town. If the board absolutely feels a second store is necessary, it'd be better located in a business district.
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I already pick up enough beer cans and liquor bottles tossed from vehicles in the Nerka 7, Waskey area....we don't need the additional encouragement of another purchase option. NO.