Council Divided Over Kmart Liquor License
Aldermen voted 4-3 in favor of approving a liquor license for the K-Mart home goods retail store in Des Plaines on Monday.
Customers of the Kmart store in Des Plaines may soon be able purchase alcoholic beverages. Des Plaines City Council voted in favor of approving a liquor license, 4-3, for the home goods retailer in the first of two public readings of the ordinance at a meeting on Monday. Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten said he voted against the liquor license because he wanted to support small business liquor stores already operating in Des Plaines. “I don’t believe a billion-dollar corporation needs to cut in on the turf of small business,” Walsten said. “There are a lot of smaller liquor stores in Des Plaines, stores that have been around for years trying to make a living, and now we have billion-dollar companies that want to jump in on that.” Second …
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