THE “YES” VOTES WON BY A LANDSLIDE IN THE ALCOHOL SALES ELECTION IN GUTHRIE YESTERDAY.

           MOST EXPECTED GUTHRIE RESIDENTS TO VOTE IN FAVOR IN THE MEASURE, BUT FEW COULD HAVE EXPECTED A 196-62 VOTE. VOTERS AT GUTHRIE CITY HALL VOTED “YES” BY A 35-12 MARGIN, IT WAS 159-50 AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 2-0 “YES” IN ABSENTEE VOTING.
GUTHRIE MAYOR SCOTT MARSHALL SAID THERE ARE SOME LEGAL HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS DRAWING UP AN ORDINANCE.
           THE MAYOR SAID SALES COULD BEGIN WITHIN 75 DAYS, AT THE VERY EARLIEST. A CROWD OF ABOUT 20 GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MAYOR, SHERIFF JOEY JOHNSON AND COUNTY CLERK KIM CHAPMAN TO WAIT FOR THE FINAL PRECINCT RESULTS TO BE POSTED. MS. CHAPMAN SAID NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED IN VOTING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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MAYOR MARSHALL WAITS FOR RESULTS/PHOTO BY ADAM MAY