HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-15-16 Public Comment - M. Skoglund - Bozeman TaproomFrom:Skoglund, Matt
To:Agenda; trustees@bsd7.org
Cc:Sarah Skoglund
Subject:public comment re: Taproom request for full liquor license
Date:Thursday, December 15, 2016 5:02:06 PM
Dear City Commissioners,
As parents of a child that will be attending Hawthorne School in a couple of years, we are greatly
concerned about the impact of a bar serving hard alcohol during school hours across the street from
our child's school. We expect the Bozeman School District and the City Commissioners to provide a
safe learning environment for our child.
We support a vibrant downtown, but allowing a bar to serve hard alcohol during school hours
directly across the street from Hawthorne is completely unacceptable. And anyone claiming that
alcohol is alcohol and it’s all the same – that beer is wine is vodka – is simply being disingenuous. As
everyone knows, adding hard alcohol to the mix – shots of whiskey, for example – dramatically
increases the potential for irresponsible drinking and harmful behavior.
Please deny the Taproom's request to the City for a conditional use permit for a full beverage
license.
Thank you.
Matt and Sarah Skoglund
308 N. Bozeman Avenue
P.S. Many thanks to the Bozeman School Board for submitting a letter urging you to deny the
Taproom’s request.
MATT SKOGLUND
Director, Northern Rockies Office
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
317 EAST MENDENHALL STREET
BOZEMAN, MT 59715T 406.556.9301
MSKOGLUND@NRDC.ORG NRDC.ORG
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