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Mon., October 22, 2012 7:56pm
A referendum to legalize Sunday alcohol sales in Columbus has met opposition from an unexpected source: liquor stores. Ralph Smith, the owner of Mr. B's liquor store, says he isn't convinced he'd generate enough new sales to offset the costs of opening his shop seven days a week instead of six.
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Wed., August 1, 2012 10:02am
Election results from the Georgia Secretary of State show that nearly 73 percent of voters in Cobb County approved Sunday sales in unincorporated areas of the county just northwest of Atlanta. About 75 percent of voters in Fulton County had approved the measure with most precincts reporting results.
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Tue., May 22, 2012 10:30am
Douglasville's city council voted 7-0 Monday night to schedule a Sunday sales referendum for the November ballot, overriding Mayor Harvey Persons’ veto.
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Mon., May 14, 2012 9:00am
Cobb County voters will decide in July whether to allow Sunday sales of alcohol. And Cobb County commissioners have decided to impose a $500 annual permit fee on liquor stores that decide to open on Sundays.
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Thu., March 8, 2012 3:20pm
The vote was one of several around Georgia on Tuesday, when many cities and counties added Sunday alcohol sales to their ballots for the Republican presidential primary.
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Thu., March 1, 2012 6:57pm
Voters in 39 Georgia communities will decide [Tuesday] whether to allow Sunday alcohol sales. Rome, Marietta and LaGrange are some of the municipalities voting on Sunday beer, wine and liquor sales. It's a decision already made in Savannah, where voters approved Sunday sales after state lawmakers left the matter up to local voters last year.
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Mon., August 29, 2011 4:33pm
Candidates across the state are heading to their local elections offices this week to qualify for municipal elections. Voting day is November 8th. But candidates have until Friday to get in their paperwork to make their runs official. In Savannah, the race for mayor has been slow to heat up. That might be because so many candidates are running.
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Tue., May 10, 2011 2:23pm
A Metro-rural split has opened up on the question of Sunday alcohol sales. Since Gov. Deal signed a law letting local governments put Sunday alcohol sales on ballots, a flurry of Metro Atlanta governments have committed to a vote. But more rural areas mostly haven't taken up the issue either way. The reluctance might not be all about conservative voters.
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Sat., July 17, 2010 10:57am
Four Republicans running for governor said they would allow local communities to decide whether they want to let alcohol be sold on Sundays.
