Posted
2/06/2005 02:58:00 PM
by Douglas
It can be done. Precinct 1 in Briscoe County can now sell
alcoholA close vote Saturday resulted in the opportunity for consumers to shop at home in Briscoe County.
Voters in Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, which includes Silverton, approved a measure to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.
"We are now a wet county," said Bena Hester, Briscoe county clerk.
The vote was 288 for and 255 against the sale of alcohol only in Precinct 1.
Wow, that really was a close vote. What's funny is that 255 people voted
in favor of the other 288 driving back home from Estelline drunk off their ass.