SAUGUS – When the Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 last week to grant the Lincoln Avenue White Hen Pantry a beer and wine license, it raised the ire of at least one liquor store owner.”I think it was an asinine move,” said Phil Barbanti, owner of Guy’s Liquors on Main Street.Almost one year ago, residents voted overwhelmingly against a statewide ballot question that would have allowed convenience stores to sell beer and wine.Barbanti lobbied hard against the question and was thrilled when it failed. He was also pleased that each of the Board of Selectmen backed liquor store owners in their opposition, which is why he is scratching his head over the board’s latest vote.”They backed us a year ago,” he said. “They said no convenience store and no supermarkets could sell beer or wine. What changed?”Selectman Chairman Peter Rossetti said Wednesday he didn’t think granting the license was a big deal, but his colleague Michael Kelleher disagrees.”I don’t see it as a problem,” Rossetti said. “There hasn’t been any complaints in the area.”Kelleher, who along with Janette Fasano voted against the measure, said the more he thinks about it, the more it surprises him it passed at all.”The town doesn’t need it,” he said. “There isn’t a void of package stores.”Barbanti said he believes the board is opening a can of worms by granting the license.”It sets a dangerous precedent,” Kelleher agreed. “There are six more of these beer and wine licenses hanging out there. I don’t know how the board will be able to refuse anyone else.”The board has denied requests in the past. Kelleher noted that the Hamilton Street White Hen Pantry also requested a beer and wine license some years ago that was flatly denied, as was Wild Oats.Selectman Stephen Horlick said he supported the request largely because there had been a liquor license at the location in years past.Barbanti scoffed at that notion.”They sold the rights to that license when the business closed” he said. “Now they’re bringing that back.”Barbanti also railed against the idea that granting the license was a convenience for people in the neighborhood.”Two-hundred yards from them is another liquor store,” he said, referring to Amato’s Discount Liquors at 206 Lincoln Ave. “How much convenience do you need? I’m just shocked they did this. I’m still shocked.”Kelleher said he thought the mere fact that residents voted 2-1 against the measure in a statewide election was enough to turn his colleagues off on the idea.”The people spoke last November,” he said. “I can’t believe this even came up.”Barbanti said he’s received a number of calls on the issue.”If people are calling me concerned, this could hurt them in the election,” he said.