Tag: Sunday sales
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Sunday booze sales vote crosses party lines
Cities and suburbs, rural and urban, the verdict is in: No more rushing to the liquor store at 11 p.m. Saturday.
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The Ga. General Assembly is a joke
The Sunday sales bill is dead. But there’s still time to save the American light bulb The new GOP priority? SB 61 would defend Georgia’s right – under the Tenth Amendment, Ninth Amendment and the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution — to produce light bulbs in whatever fashion it so chooses, no matter what…
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Looks like the Baptists win again
Our last governor was a crook. His replacement has, at the very least, been cordial with impropriety. The new speaker of the house might as well be fornicating with lobbyists. And now, thanks to pressure from Christian conservatives who should have better things to worry about than the drinking habits of their fellow Georgians, legislation…
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Jell-O shooters on me
Sunday alcohol sales legislation given good odds Sonny’s been gone two weeks and already things are looking up.
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what would the taliban do?
Georgia remains squarer than Alabama: The sponsor of legislation letting voters decide whether to allow Sunday store sales of beer, wine and liquor pulled the bill Wednesday when he realized he wouldn’t have the votes to pass it out of the Senate Regulated Industries Committee.
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sadie & sonny vs. everyone else
While there’s considerable bipartisan support to allow Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia, one formidable obstacle remains in place. That would be our esteemed governor, whose religious beliefs allow for questionable loans and conflicts of interest but not for having a cocktail on Sundays. He’s backed by the fundamentalist right, led by sanctimonious killjoy Sadie Fields.…
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