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ANDREWS MADE
HISTORY YESTERDAY
..WHEN VOTERS
APPROVED THE SALE
OF ALCOHOL IN THEIR
CITY.
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT
STEP FOR STORES AND
RESTAURANTS...WHO
WANT TO OFFER IT?
ALICIA NE-AVES
SPOKE WITH THE CITY
MANAGER OF ANDREWS
TO GET THAT ANSWER..
ALICIA?
AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, EMOTIONS
WERE HEAVY ON BOTH
SIDES LAST NIGHT
AFTER THE FINAL
NUMBERS WERE
POSTED.
MANY
CHEERED..WHILE
OTHERS LEFT IN
SILENCE.
SO THE NEXT STEP
FOR THESE
BUSINESSES THAT
WANT TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE
NEW LAW.... IS TO GET
THE NUMBERS
APPROVED.
THIS IS HOW THE
LINE LOOKED IN FRONT
OF THE TAX OFFICE IN
ANDREWS AS THE
CLOCK COUNTED DOWN
TO 7PM.
SOME RESIDENTS
MADE THE LAST-MINUTE
TRIP TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD.
ONCE THE FINAL
NUMBERS WERE
POSTED, AND BOTH
PROPOSITIONS WERE
APPROVED, WE
WANTED TO
KNOW..WHAT ARE THE
NEXT STEPS FOR
BUSINESSES IN
ANDREWS WHO WISH
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES?
STEP ONE:
"The city council is given a
window from November the
13th to November the 18th
to 'canvas' the election
results and actually certify
them as official. Once that
takes place, a business
that is interested in
obtaining a permit will then
go to the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission to
start that process."
"CANVAS" IS
ANOTHER WORD FOR
"APPROVAL."
FROM NOW UNTIL
THE BEGINNING OF
THAT TIME PERIOD ON
THE 13TH, THE CITY
WILL HOLD TIGHT UNTIL
THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TO CANVAS THE
RESULTS.
SINCE THIS WINDOW
COVERS SIX DAYS, WE
ASKED FOR A
PREDICTION ON WHEN
THE CITY COUNCIL IS
EXPECTED TO GIVE
THEIR STAMP OF
APPROVAL.
THE CITY MANAGER
SAYS..IT SHOULD
HAPPEN QUICKLY.
"We do anticipate that the
city council will meet the
first date..the earliest date
that's possible for them to
meet to canvas the vote,
which would be on
Wednesday, November the
13th."
STEP TWO?
BUSINESSES PROCEED
TO THE TEXAS
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
COMMISSION WHERE
THEY CAN OBTAIN
THEIR PERMIT TO SELL
ALCOHOL.
"They'll certainly have to
meet the requisites of the
state law, but the state of
Texas precludes the
municipalities from
enacting very many
regulations regarding
alcohol that's pre-
empted..and so most of
that is done in the state of
Texas."
THIS CITY COUNCIL
MEETING IS A
FORMALITY THAT IS
REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE VOTING
NUMBERS MUST BE
CONFIRMED BY A
GOVERNING
BODY..WHICH, IN THIS
CASE, IS THE CITY
COUNCIL OF ANDREWS.
THAT WAY, THEY CAN
MAKE SURE THERE WAS
NO OCCURANCE OF
FRAUD OR VOTER
IRREGULARITY.
CITY MANAGER
HACKLER SAYS THAT AS
FAR AS HE CAN
REMEMBER..THERE HAS
NEVER BEEN AN
ELECTION RESULTS
OVERTURN.
BE SURE TO KEEP IT
RIGHT HERE ON
NEWSWEST 9 FOR THE
VERY LATEST AS WE
KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
THIS PROCESS.
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IN THE CONTROL
ROOM, ALICIA NEAVES,