https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/12/bootlegger-will-continue-thrive-repeal/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:04:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/12/bootlegger-will-continue-thrive-repeal/comment-page-1/#comment-190433 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:04:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=34582#comment-190433 Yes, bootleggers continued to thrive in my dry county in Kentucky. Still do, I assume, since the county’s still dry.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/12/bootlegger-will-continue-thrive-repeal/comment-page-1/#comment-188431 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:24:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=34582#comment-188431 In 1966 I represented a client in Iuka, MS at a time when the state was considering abolishing its dry laws. The air waves were engulfed with spot ads from prohibitionist ministers decrying the evils of John Barleycorn, and urging a NO vote on repeal, to a point where the 2012 election battle seems tame. Puzzled by the ability of ministers to afford this media barrage, I mentioned this to the local management, only to be told, “It’s not the minister’s money, the bootleggers are putting up the dough!”
I blush to think of my naiveté.

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