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HOW CLOSE IT TOO CLOSE
WHEN IT COMES TO SELLING
ALCOHOL NEAR YOUR CHILD'S
SCHOOL? TONIGHT, THE
AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WILL
CONSIDER JUST THAT...
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL
SOON BE UNDERWAY ABOUT A NEW
WHEATSVILLE CO-OP THAT CREWS
ARE BUILDING IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
FROM AISD'S ANN RICHARDS
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN.
WOMEN. KXAN'S JOSH HINKLE
JOINS US LIVE FROM THAT SITE
WITH MORE.
SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST
300 FEET AWAY FROM A SCHOOL TO
SELL ALCOHOL.THAT'S ALL THE
WAY UP THERE.BUT LOOK AT
CLOSER TO CAMPUS.
NATS-BANJO (WIDE, THEN CLOSE)
WHEATSVILLE IS ONE OF THOSE
PLACES WITH AUSTIN FLARE.
NATS-CASH REGISTER BEEPA LOT
OF WHAT THE CO-OP SELLS COMES
FROM RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS.
NATS-WINE BOTTLESINCLUDING ITS ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL.
RAQUEL DADOMO, WHEATSVILLE
CO-OP: "A LOT OF HARD-TO-FIND
BREWS. A LOT OF AGED BEERS
THAT YOU WOULD PUT UP ON A
MAKES SENSE TO BRING THOSE
PRODUCTS TO ITS NEW STORE ON
SOUTH LAMAR.DADOMO: "ALCOHOL
ACTUALLY MAKES UP ABOUT 10
PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL SALES."
BUT THE CITY HAS A RULE... YOU
CAN'T SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300
FEET OF A SCHOOL... LIKE THE
CAMPUS ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE NEW LOCATION.JOSH HINKLE:
"WELL, LET'S MEASURE. FROM THE
WHEATSVILLE PROPERTY LINE TO
THE SCHOOL, IT'S 1, 2, 3...15,
BY MY COUNT, ABOUT HALF AS
SHAREA JOHNSON, SHOPPER: "IT
KIND OF ENCOURAGES KIDS TO
CONSUME ALCOHOL OR THINK THAT
CONCERNS... BUT SOME SHOPPERS
SAY WHEATSVILLE WILL BE SMART
ABOUT WHO'S BUYING.MADISON
STRATFORD, SHOPPER: "YOU'RE
GOING TO CARD PEOPLE. IF YOU
LOOK UNDER 21, YOU'RE GOING TO
BE CARDED."THE AUSTIN
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAYS IT IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE
NEW STORE.JAN STOUT, SHOPPER:
"LET THE BUSINESS DO THEIR
BUSINESS LIKE YOU NORMALLY DO
WANTS A WAIVER FROM THE
CITY... AND EXCEPTION TO THE
RULE.DADOMO: "ONCE THEY SEE
WHAT A CO-OP CAN DO IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK PEOPLE
WILL BE REALLY EXCITED AND
HAPPY ABOUT THAT."
I REACHED OUT TO EVERY MEMBER
OF THE PARENT GROUP HERE...
DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BACK.THE
CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HEAR MORE
THE STORE IS SET TO OPEN IN