I don't drink, so I don't have any big interest in the brew pub

Sea Isle City - I don't drink, so I don't have any big interest in the brew pub vote in Sea Isle City. All the negative comments regarding the brew pub were about the number of bars in Sea Isle (18-20), but all the bar owners have two or three different bars under one establishment. I'm puzzled though; why did two councilmen with ties to the bar community not recuse themselves from voting?