Bottles of truffle Champagne are chilled at the "Pro Wein" trade fair on March 27, 2011 in the western German city of Duesseldorf. The Pro Wine trade fair is the largest of the international wine and spirits industry with 3,600 exhibitors from approximately 50 countries and take place from march 27 until 29, 2011. AFP PHOTO PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
ASHLAND, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s last totally dry county is going wet.
Residents in the Clay County cities of Ashland and Lineville voted Tuesday to legalize alcohol sales.
Alcohol sales will still be illegal outside the cities. But the vote means alcohol can now be sold legally in at least part of each of Alabama’s 67 counties.
Opponents argued against legalizing alcohol sales on moral and public-safety grounds. But supporters say allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages will help stimulate business in the rural, east Alabama county.
The issue last came up for a countywide vote in 1986, when church opposition killed a proposal to go w