Sunday Alcohol Sales Petition Is Online

[racaulk]

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Senate leaders stalling legislation calling for a vote on Sunday alcohol sales say they haven't heard from Georgians on the issue, but that's about to change.

An online petition supporting the Sunday sales vote — http://www.petitiononline.com/GASB138/petition.html — had garnered about 3,500 signatures late Monday in less than a week without much publicity.

And lobbyists backing the sales bill may be up with a web site by the end of the week that will make it easy for Georgians to both contact their legislators on the issue and sign the petition.

"There is an intensity out there, people care about this issue," said Jim Tudor, a lobbyist for the convenience store industry.

The Christian Coalition, which opposes the measure, plans to fight back with its own email campaign.

"We're clearly going to respond. We have to," said Georgia Christian Coalition President Jim Beck. "We will obviously be letting everybody know the death merchants are back at work."

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Source: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/18/booze_0219.html

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FWIW, I think it's high time that this law changed! By passing a law allowing alcohol sales here in Georgia on Sundays, not one single person would lose any rights. This would present more freedoms to the population of our state, and it would lift some of the burdens currently placed on businesses.

I don't think that this would generate more revenue, mind you. People who buy their alcohol early on Saturdays would just change the date of their purchase, so this would just change the cash flow of the businesses affected by a day. But alcohol is a product that is sold legally, and if businesses want to sell it on Sundays too, then there's no good reason why they can't.

If such a law were to pass, the only people that would lose out would be the fundamentalist right, and the only thing they would lose would be their ability to dictate the legal actions of others. Which is fine by me.


On edit: "Death merchants" WTF is that about? :shrug:

[RubyDuby in GA]

1. I'm glad its out there.

I'm # 2672.

I'm pretty amused that the majority of people signing it and listing their party is Republican.

[RebelOne]

2. I'm 21,518. Glad to sign this.

It's really a pain to make sure to get to the liquor store on Saturdays. I moved here from Miami where you could just about buy alcohol 24/7.

[bunkerbuster1]

3. Signed it, posted a link on my crummy blog...

If only because Sonny really needs a good kick in the pants.

(and I don't actually drink alcohol, but I think the ban is ridiculous.)

[RubyDuby in GA]

4. I signed it too even though I don't drink

When I rarely do, it always seems like I want to on a Sunday (just like when I usually want a Lemonade from Chik-fil-A).

:)

Are you coming to the gathering on March 8th?

[bunkerbuster1]

5. I plan to.

We've got... well, check your mail, 'K?