To: Governor Pete Ricketts
Close the 4 Whiteclay, NE liquor stores!
It is common knowledge to residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota that beer is being bootlegged across the Nebraska/South Dakota border onto the Reservation. A thorough investigation of this travesty must commence!
Why is this important?
I have been working on fighting against the devastation caused by the existence of the four beer stores in Whiteclay since 2009, and allegations of many illegalities (including sex trafficking) are rampant among the native people. Alcohol is wreaking havoc on the lives of the tribal people: addiction, fetal alcohol syndrome, domestic violence. I am a Nebraskan and feel compelled to campaign against this situation.