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Clermont business owners persist after city voters reject beer, wine sales

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Chris Nonnemaker, owner of Papa’s Pizza To-Go, talks with a customer over the phone in Clermont, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. - photo by David Barnes

11122017 CLERMONT 0002.jpg — Chris Nonnemaker, owner of Papa’s Pizza To-Go, talks with a customer over the phone in Clermont, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. - photo by David Barnes

A straw poll on whether to allow beer and wine sales in Clermont is history, but the results of the nonbinding vote have not put the controversial issue to rest as far as two local business owners are concerned.