I didn't get to the city council meeting until after everything was done publicly and the council had moved into closed session. The public meeting ran much later than a typical meeting does, ending about 9:30, and apparently was very well attended, at least until the council approved the liquor cap expansion. After that passed, by a vote of 5 to 2 with Cole and Fritzler opposing, about three quarters of the audience left, probably to plan their own requests for cap expansions. From what I understand, in addition to Wal-mart and Schnuck's, Arnold's Market and the Neighborhood Food Co-op have applied for licenses in the past and been turned down because of the cap.
In addtiion, there were a coupld of rezoning issues delt with, one allowing a development in the southeast outskirts of town that may have problems because of lack of both drainage and road access (it sounds like there is only one road currently surving the area) and a rezoning of an area on the west side from agriculture to light residential to allow the construction of a porch.
Both the Southern and WSIL have writeups on the meeting.
Well, that's the trouble with Carbondale-- not enough alcohol.
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