7am News, Sports and Obits
Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Mayor Wants Liquor at Lake Storey Pavilion
Galesburg's top elected official may finally be accepting of something that's been requested, and rejected, often over the years.

Mayor Sal Garza told a Galesburg City Council work session this week he'd like to see an ordinance allowing liquor at the Lake Storey Pavilion on a per-event basis.

Garza says he believes allowing liquor sales per event could bring some money into Galesburg, and he hopes aldermen feel the same way.


"Hopefully within the next couple months we'll have some level of amendment or maybe a brand new ordinance that we'll bring to the council's attention," Garza said. "(It'd be) for their final determination to see whether or not this is something they can add value or something that they would see fit to approve."

Such an idea has been floated repeatedly over the years, with virtually no success. Garza is now using his new Liquor Advisory Commission to work out the details.

Garza this week said he also wants to name a street after Martin Luther King, Junior in time for next year's King Day celebration, and that his new naming committee is already looking into that, and which street to pick.
02 02 12 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.