“Yes, I do. It's better than having a select few vote for an entire city on something that people just stand around and do.”

— Carl Thomsen, personal assistant, Lawrence

“Yes, because it would give people who actually go to bars a vote. People who go out to bars three or four times a week will be most affected.”

— Roan McKinney, Juice Stop employee, Lawrence

“It is because it's letting the people decide. But if they handle it the same way they handled the closing of the schools last year, it won't matter.”

— Emily Kurtz, Kansas University freshman, Lawrence

“Yeah. It provides a venue for discussion of the issue, bringing out all the opinions in a reasonable manner and letting people make an educated choice.”

— Jeff Bullington, KU librarian, Lawrence