Weekly Newsletter: March 11, 2024
Burleson to hold liquor-store option election, Spartans sweep Elks behind Mohan’s complete game, St. Patrick's Day festivities galore in The Buzz Bulletin
Today’s newsletter: Burleson to hold liquor-store option election, Spartans sweep Elks behind Mohan’s complete game, St. Patrick's Day festivities galore in The Buzz Bulletin
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Burleson to hold liquor-store option election
BURLESON – At Monday’s city council meeting at City Hall, the city council approved holding a special local-option election for the allowance of liquor-stores to operate in Burleson November 5.
5,505 signatures on a local-option election petition were verified and accepted by the city February 27, meeting the 5,430-signature requirement to order the election, City secretary Amanda Campos announced in a presentation to the council. The signatures were submitted February 2 before the February 5 deadline.
Burleson business-owner Chad Johnson led the petition with Texas Petition Strategies because he wants to open a liquor store in Burleson and offer people and businesses in the area a more convenient option than driving to Alvarado or Fort Worth.
During the city council and planning and zoning commission joint public hearing on liquor-store zoning in the city before the city council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Dan McClendon recognized that allowing liquor-stores to operate in Burleson would potentially offer Burleson liquor-serving restaurants to pay lower prices.
“There’s a matter of capturing the sales tax outcome of this, sure,” McClendon said. “But I think, more importantly, the economic impact is to our locally owned small businesses that are here having to pay pejorative prices because there’s no competition and having to go through the trouble of transporting up and down the highway.”
Because Texas requires liquor-serving restaurants and bars to buy liquor in the same county they serve it, Burleson restaurants in Johnson County have to buy from the only liquor-store in the county, Alvarado’s Liquor Depot.
AJ’s Liquor operates in Gateway Station on South Freeway and a Spec’s liquor-store is being developed off FM-1187 outside of Burleson city-limits.
Voters will be able to vote whether to allow liquor-stores to operate within Burleson city-limits November 5.
Burleson resident David Miller opposed the city council’s acceptance of the petition results because he witnessed a petitioner lying to and telling signers the petition was opposed to allowing liquor-stores to operate in Burleson, Miller said during the public hearing. He added that he has experience dealing with prostitutes, liquor-stores and porn-stores and believes “Burleson is going to head straight down that path” and that supporting allowing liquor-stores to operate is a sin.
Mohan pitches complete game, Spartans sweep Elks
BURLESON – Connor Mohan struck out 10 batters in a complete-game performance as the Centennial Spartans varsity baseball team earned the season-sweep over the crosstown-rival Burleson Elks with an 8-1 victory Tuesday at Burleson High School.
The senior pitcher and Texas Tech-commit Mohan earned the win as he surrendered one run off one hit and two walks with 10 strikeouts through seven innings pitched.
Spartans head coach Art Senato said Mohan was dominating in his performance.
After the umpire called strike-three to end the game, Mohan took off his jersey to reveal a “Centennial ISD” shirt he and his teammates wore to troll their crosstown rival, who they beat 5-3 last week.
The Spartans got off to an early lead that they never surrendered as they scored three runs in the top of the first inning.
The Buzz Bulletin
Monday
Monday-Sunday
“Spring Break Staycation” from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Lost Oak Winery
High school softball:
Centennial Lady Spartans @ Mansfield-Timberview at 2 p.m.
“Network@Night” (Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce) from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Moretti’s Gourmet Olive Oils
Tuesday
High school baseball and softball:
Centennial Lady Spartans v. Seguin at 1 p.m.
Burleson Elks v. Midlothian-Heritage at 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Suzy & Woodrow playing from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Lost Oak Winery
Teen Laser Tag at 2 p.m. at the Burleson Public Library
High school baseball:
Burleson Elks @ Midlothian-Heritage at 7 p.m.
Thursday
“Pi-Day Pi-K” 3.14-kilometer run (or walk) at 6 p.m. at the Burleson Recreation Center (BRiCk)
Friday
High school baseball:
Burleson Elks @ Mansfield-Summit at 2 p.m.
Centennial Spartans v. Midlothian-Heritage at 7 p.m.
Saturday
Cat Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Burleson Event Center
Old Town Burleson St. Patty’s Day Pub Crawl at 11 a.m. at Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza
Easter Bunny visit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kid to Kid
Sunday
St. Patty’s Day Celebration from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Torque Grill & Cantina
In case you missed it,
Spartans beat Elks in district-opener behind Hatton's three-run bomb
Bryson Hatton caps off five-run fourth inning with three-run homerun en-route to 5-3 Spartan-victory over crosstown-rival Elks
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