LaFayette City Council decided this week to put a liquor-by-the-drink vote on the November ballot. LaFayette resident Wayne Winters has been a strong advocate in getting the sale of beer and wine legalized in LaFayette. He has been attending council meetings and voicing his opinion on the matter. The decision to include the liquor vote on the ballot came during the councils Monday, May 11, meeting. The decision passed by a 4-1 margin, with council member Wayne Swanson casting the lone no. Winters was joined at Mondays council meeting by Miguel Santiago, owner of Yan Yesica and Janiria Restaurant. Santiago stressed that his business has suffered from having to turn away patrons who want alcohol with their meal. Santiago said the sale of beer and wine would not affect the employment of minors, because employees under age 21 would not be handling or serving alcohol. We are not supposed to serve more than three beers. Ninety percent of the people do not drink more than two, he said. They walk in and they ask if I serve beer and I say no and then they just turn around and walk away, Santiago said. Council member Eric Tallent said he wanted to put matter before voters in the November election. But it must be for the sale of liquor by the drink, not the sale of beer and wine, he said. I feel I represent not only the people that dont want it, but the ones that do want it. The straw poll, of course, cant be done by public or city funds, so the only thing that can be on a …
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