Once again, people are trying to legalize alcohol sales at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. A petition drive has collected enough signatures to put the matter on the ballot following a veto from Principal Chief Michell Hicks. Said Hicks:

An affirmative decision to open the door for alcohol would shame our forefathers for their efforts on this issue over the history of our tribe [with such a] potentially disastrous effect on our people that I couldn’t live with the results.