Group pursues mail vote on alcohol ban
June 22, 2006 No CommentsJeanette Steele. The San Diego Union – Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 22, 2006. pg. B.2
The Pacific Beach Town Council did not vote last night on whether to propose an alcohol ban on San Diego beaches, angering some of the 200 people at the meeting at Pacific Beach Middle School.
Town council President Don Mullen announced that 78 percent of members who answered a mail survey said they want to vote on the alcohol proposal by mail.
Ballots will go to the town council’s estimated 500 members around July 1.
The results will be announced at the group’s July 18 meeting, Mullen said.
Some members were unhappy because they said the move breaks the group’s bylaws. Mullen said the bylaws don’t preclude a mail ballot.
An alcohol ban would have to be voted on by the San Diego City Council before it became official.
Members of the town council must live, work or have a special interest in Pacific Beach and pay a fee.
