During an Aug. 12 hearing, Cartersville Alcohol Control Board denied a request for an alcohol license for the Texaco going in at 133 Cassville Road. From left, Cartersville Alcohol Control Board Chairman Ric Napps and City Attorney Keith Lovell chat before the Aug. 12 meeting. From left, Mumtaz Charania and her son, Ali, address the Cartersville Alcohol Control Board. Cartersville City Councilman Calvin Cooley voices opposition to an alcohol license for a Texaco station near the Summer Hill community. Boyd Pettit addresses the Cartersville Alcohol Control Board at its Aug. 12 meeting. Cartersville Alcohol Control Board at its Aug. 12 meeting unanimously denied a request for an alcohol license for a convenience store located at 133 Cassville Road. The business, which is a Texaco convenience store and is not yet open, asked for a license to sell package beer and wine. Ali Charania spoke on behalf of his mother, Mumtaz Charania, who was the actual applicant. Ali Charania said the building was being leased from its owner. He said he had four convenience stores, none of which were in Bartow County. While his mother would own the company, he would run the business, he told the board. Charania said he had never had any alcohol compliance issues at his other businesses. “We are very particular about ID checking,” Charania said. “We have undercover checks and all that, and Texaco will send people as well. They send secret shoppers, so we are very vigilant.” Texaco does not allow the…
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