News 8 Broadcast of the Initiative

New 8 on Time Warner did a great story about the initiative.

The reporter, finally, found a pastor that expressed his concerns, which we have addressed many times over.

The CURRENT law permits FULL BAR permits EVEN IN a DRY AREA!

This initiative simply allows beer and wine ONLY permits for eateries and allows Wineries to avoid the grape juice requirement imposed by Texas on Dry Areas.

http://news8austin.com/content/271325/alcohol-initiative-could-appear-on-ballot-in-georgetown

Petition Signatures

In less than 2 weeks, we have been able to certify (internal audit) 2200 signatures! Great going!!

We need more "feet on the street" and can pay $1.00 per signature. Each paid volunteer is being paid no less that $15.00 per hour! If you can walk a residential area from 5:30 to dusk any day, please call Charles Carter at 217-7508 and he will give you (1) a map of the street, (2) a list of registered voters for the street and (3) instructions on what to say and letters from the community leaders backing the initiative so you can answer questions.

Look for JUNE announcement for a BRING IT TO A CLOSE special event around June 19th to complete the drive and turn in the petitions to the County Board of Elections for them to certify.

Petition Signing to commence Saturday

Meet at CITY MARKET in SUN CITY at 9:30 on Saturday, May 22nd!

The process is easy and you will be given walking maps and voter list according to neighborhoods and streets. You may advise exactly what streets you want to cover.

Charles Carter will monitor the signature gathering and give you direction. Please come no later than 9:30 A.M.

Initial Petition Accepted and Validated!

The Board of Elections has verified the initial petition's signatures, validated the printed notice to the public and is placing the order for the signature petitions to be printed and has requested expedited service and "believes" that they may be ready for us to pick up by next Thursday, the 20th of May!

That means we can start the petition drive next Saturday, May 22nd. Charles Carter is coordinating the effort and will advise us of when we can meet to train petition signature gathering volunteers.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

John Marler

Sun City Neighborhood Rep Org Talk

Karen Truxillo, Co-Chair of the Georgetown Winery Initiative, will speak to the NRO on Wednesday, 4/21/2010 at 10:00 to bring all up to date on the time line to get the initiative on the November Ballot. We need citizens to go door to door to get the official petitions signed and there will be training for all who offer to help.

KVUE TV News at 5 about Initiative

KEYE TV News spot about the initiative

Georgetown Winery Initiative Timeline

Georgetown Winery Initiative Timeline
May 11 Run ad in Williamson County Sun
May 18 Turn in 10 signatures to Elections Commission Office
May 25 One week later, pick up petitions and begin 60 day signature process

July 27 Turn in Petitions after full 60 day signature process

Aug 26 Public notification (72 hour rule) of Commissioner Court Meeting minimum 30 days after ballots are submitted to Elections Office

Aug 31 Last possible date for Commissioners Court to Order Nov 2 Election Initiative

Sept 6 Last day to order ballots for November 2 elections

Nov 2 Election Day

Start May 4th and try to finish the signature gathering process by July 6th.