Last night’s Leesburg City Council meeting literally lasted about 15 minutes, and once again I was the only candidate running in the Sept 21 Special Election in attendance.
Also present, however, was one of the brothers that owns and operates San Joe’s Mexican Restaurant. Many of you remember this restaurant as once being in downtown Albany and offering dang good authentic mexican food.
San Joe’s currently has a restaurant in Dawson, and they are working to relocate to the former Krystal’s building at the corner of US 19 and Robert B Lee Rd that Austin’s BBQ recently vacated. They moved one step closer to that goal last night when the Council – minus Councilmember Judy Powell, who was on vacation in Tahiti – unanimously approved San Joe’s application for a license to sell beer and wine by the glass.
However, to serve their margaritas and other mixed drinks, they also need a license to sell liquor by the glass – and that is where they need our help.
You see, for San Joe’s to get this license, apparently there will need to be a vote in the City of Leesburg to allow these sales – and there has to be a citizen petition to get such a vote on the ballot. When it was initially mentioned during the meeting that a citizen would have to request this vote, I immediately requested it only to be told of this petition requirement.
So now I have two things to ask you, my fellow Citizens of Leesburg, to support:
1) My campaign, as I work to attract San Joe’s and other businesses to our City and support existing business in any reasonable way I can – such as working for a business friendly sign ordinance.
2) This petition and eventual vote to allow sales of liquor by the drink in the City of Leesburg.
For Leesburg,
Jeff Sexton
