The ballot proposition to allow alcohol sales in Luling passed easily.
The measure passed with 340 votes in favor and 118 against, with two ballots yet to be certified.
The referendum was added to the ballot after a petition was submitted by Stuart Carter, leader of Luling Citizens for Economic Growth. Carter said he hopes the new law will attract chain restaurants and hotels to the city’s Interstate 10 corridor and provide jobs for residents.
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Carter, who was having a small party at his house on Election Night, said he wanted to get a 95 percent mandate, but he is happy with 74 percent.
“The voters indicated they are ready for economic growth,” he said. “I’m drinking one beer, but I might drink two tonight. I might break my one-beer rule.”
Party on, dude. And when you’ve sobered up, hop in your car and drive over to Friendswood.
Breaking a 46-year dry spell, voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the sale of alcohol at restaurants and grocery stores in the city’s downtown.
Proposition 1, which would allow convenience stores and wine shops to sell beer and wine for off-premise consumption, passed with 2,505 votes — 68 percent — for, compared to 1,163 — 32 percent — against, according to complete, unofficial returns.
Proposition 2, which would allow restaurants to sell mixed beverages, passed with 2,648 votes — 72 percent — for, compared to 1,021 — 28 percent — against.
Both propositions allow alcohol sales in a corridor along FM 518 between FM 528 and FM 2351.
A good day all ’round for those who enjoy a wee dram now and again.
And a good day for those who favor less governmental interference in our lives.
Sorry to be away for a while…the show I was directing up at Lone Star College has finished its run, so as soon as I catch up on the rest of my real world work I should be back to sniping from the classical liberal standpoint.
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