Beer and wine sales on ballot again

By Amber Counts
acounts@campcountynow.com

The citizens of Pittsburg will soon have the option to approve or deny the expansion of the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption, as the city council recently approved an ordinance to conduct a local election November 5.
According to Pittsburg City Manager Clint Hardeman, in 2009, the city of Pittsburg held a local election which passed allowing local restaurants to sell beer and wine, but sales of beer and wine for off-premise consumption did not pass.
Hardeman said one of the four precincts in Camp County/ Pittsburg currently allows the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only, but three do not.
“Recently we have been approached by a third party who is interested [in selling alcohol from their business which will be for off-premise consumption only],” Hardeman said. “They have a lobbyist group working toward this.”