To the Editor:

I have read many good articles from Smoky Mountain News Editor Scott McLeod, but the editorial on the so called Brunch Bill was definitely not his best work. It’s really the “sell more booze bill” during traditional hours reserved for church and family. See, you missed the big picture — another American value sacrificed for “better business,” or anything for a buck. 

Now you forgot to mention that since the new Cashiers ABC store opened and Ingles putting beer and wine on half their shelves, we have more drinking related accidents and fatalities than ever. Just the cost of better business?

According to your chamber of commerce logic, we should sell alcoholic beverages all day and night 24/7? Why have an age limit, sell to kids too — just like McDonald’s right? The point is, the good old USA we grew up in is disappearing a little bit at a time because what used to not be OK is now normal — like selling booze during church hours.

Jerry Floyd

Cashiers