Fourteen years after the Kansas Legislature made it legal, city officials likely will discuss the possibility of allowing the sale of liquor on Sunday.
The sale of packaged alcoholic beverages has been legal in Kansas since 2005 but individual cities and counties must approve measures to make it legal or voters must approve it at the polls.
Commissioner Kevin Cruse brought up the issue during a Thursday work session. Although he said he was reluctant to discuss the hot-button issue, he said it’s time to consider allowing people to buy alcohol in town to keep them off of the highways after they already have been drinking.
On Sundays some drinkers head to smaller, nearby towns such as Erie, which began allowing the sale of liquor on Sunday in 2005 after voter approval. McCune and St. Paul, among others, also allow Sunday sales.
Cruse said the city also is looking for more revenue. Parsons is losing out on sales and alcohol taxes when people head to other cities on Sunday.
(Read more: Parsons Sun)