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.