Chambers liquor fight heads to state
WINDOW ROCK
Julia Konhiser told Apache County supervisors she lives within a mile of Chieftain Mobil in Chambers, Arizona, where owner Sanjay Patel is seeking to move a liquor license from Witch Well to his store.
She asked them to deny it.
“I strongly oppose this liquor license because I cherish the lives of my people,” Konhiser said during a March 3 meeting in St. Johns, Arizona. “For too long we suffered from the violence, destruction and illness of alcohol.”
The Apache County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously that day to recommend disapproval. The application now moves to the Arizona State Liquor Board, which has scheduled a hearing for 9 a.m. June 4 over Google Meet, according to a notice from board administrator Haley Garcia.
Ina Noggle, with the Renewal of Hope Task Force at Nahata Dziil Chapter, said in a Monday interview that only protesters who live within one mile of the proposed liquor site have been allowed to testify at the state hearing. Five of the seven Apache County protest filers met that requirement. Two were initially disqualified.
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