No news isn’t necessarily good news when it comes to the Balaton Municipal Liquor Store’s bottom line. In fact, the only tangible difference between a heated community discussion in January over the future of the store and this week is a few months.
On Monday in a special meeting prior to the regular council gathering, the Balaton City Council received an update on how things are going from Liquor Store Committee representatives Randy Miller, Mike Wahl and Dylan Fricke and manager Ashley Haroldson.
One of the takeaways from previous discussions was that the committee would meet on a consistent basis after the MMBA got involved to see what that organization could do to help. The meetings — they have taken place for the last five months — have been fruitful, but financial gain has not been as strong as those involved have hoped. Committee member Randy Miller said some progress has been made — at least enough to stop the bleeding a bit.
