Council to Consider Alcohol Petitions

TYLER � The Tyler City Council Wednesday will consider calling a special election for November 6 on a pair of alcohol propositions. One would call for beer & wine sales for off-premises consumption; the other is for extension of the legal sale of mixed beverages in restaurants to current city limits. The City Council�s meeting got underway at 9:00 this morning. The Smith County Commissioners Court must give the nod to similar propositions for the county�s Justice Precinct 2. Commissioners are slated to consider that at their meeting next Tuesday morning at 9:30. A group called Buy Local First has been working to get the propositions on local ballots, largely by circulating petitions that both governing bodies must approve. A group called Stand Strong for Tyler opposes the effort.