McCaysville Councilman Billy Wayne Chastain remained against putting liquor by the drink on a ballot for voters to decide.
McCaysville restaurant owner Mike Galinski, standing, was among those who asked the McCaysville City Council to allow a liquor by the drink question be put on a ballot. Among several carrying signs that said, “We the People Demand the Right to Vote” was Sheila Toorgeman, far left, manager of the Burra Burra on the River and Twisted Tomato restaurants in McCaysville.
McCaysville City Councilman Jason Woody, left, reads a resolution calling for liquor by the drink to be decided by voters. Listening to Woody read a potential ballot question is Police Chief Michael Earley.
The vote was 3-2, but thanks to Jason Woody, Gilita Carter and Susan Kiker, McCaysville voters will decide whether or not to allow liquor by the drink in the city’s restaurants.
The dec...
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