Our view: Joplin City Council missed a moment in failing to ban 'nips'
Joplin missed a moment Monday night, when the City Council rejected a ban on those small liquor bottles called 'nips' and 'shooters.' It was a mome...
Joplin missed a moment Monday night, when the City Council rejected a ban on those small liquor bottles called 'nips' and 'shooters.' It was a moment to improve our community's blighted appearance. It was a moment to send a message that litter won't be tolerated. And it was a moment to signal to future residents and businesses who might be looking to move here that any investment they make will be protected. Frankly, arguments offered by the opponents — the industry, really — were weak. Dan Shaul, director of the Missouri Grocers Association, who spoke against a ban, asked: 'What would it mean to be the first in Missouri to ban the sale?' It would mean Joplin is a proactive, visionary, solutions-based community that cares about its appearance and the message that appearance sends to the world.