While the wet/dry issue in Grayson County continues to brew, the interpretation of the actual KRS Code regarding the issue appears to have been confused.

County Attorney Tom Goff said Friday that the code is actually pretty straightforward.

“I do not see any restrictions in the KRS 243.070 statute that restricts the use of money generated from the sale of alcohol,” said Goff. “There are no limitations on what the money is used for. The state will get its share of the taxes and the city will get its share.”

In a recent meeting of the Citizens Against Alcohol group it was stated the state would receive the tax revenue from the sale of alcohol and any money that was received had to be used to hire more police officers and combat the problems that arise from the sale of alcohol.

CAA vice-president Dave Martin was quick to correct the misunderstanding once he received a copy of the KRS statute and it was explained.

In the pamphlet generated and distributed by the CAA, the corrected copy now reads,

“Although KRS 243.070 allows our local government to impose a tax on the sale of alcohol which in turn would go into the General Fund, it is CAA’s position that any financial gain is offset if/when it results in the loss of one life along with the financial losses that individual, families and community experience as a result of the sale of alcohol.”

When asked for comment on the misunderstanding, Citizen’s For Economic Growth spokesman Tim Clark said, “CFEG is pushing hard for our cause, trying to insure everyone has a complete understanding of the true facts of this issue, mistakes can be made by anyone at any time, we trust that if errors occur corrections will follow.

“Rest assured that CFEG works very hard to insure our statements are checked and re-checked for accuracy before release, but if we were to mistake a mistake, we would correct it immediately, once discovered, to insure no one is mislead,” said Clark.