Alcohol tax may make it onto Anchorage ballot
10 PERCENT: The goal of levy is to curb public drunkenness while raising funds to fight it.
With the city trying to figure out what to do about its public drunks, a group of activists hopes to launch a new liquor tax in Anchorage.
The plan is to put a 10 percent wholesale alcohol tax before voters in the next citywide election. The mayor and a Downtown assemblyman support the idea, which would almost certainly increase the cost of booze across the city.
To make it happen, a group led by an ex-prosecutor and former head of Anchorage's MADD chapter applied Friday for a voter initiative.
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