{"id":220,"date":"2011-02-15T18:55:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2011-02-15T18:55:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:55:55","slug":"sunday-package-sales-probably-dead-again-this-year-in-georgia-state-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/02\/15\/sunday-package-sales-probably-dead-again-this-year-in-georgia-state-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday package sales probably dead again this year in Georgia state legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"221\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/02\/15\/sunday-package-sales-probably-dead-again-this-year-in-georgia-state-legislature\/window-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/window7-e1297814123968.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" data-orig-size=\"67,77\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1244632481&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"window\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/window7-e1297814123968.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/window7-e1297814123968.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/window7-e1297814123968.jpg?resize=67%2C77\" alt=\"\" title=\"window\" width=\"67\" height=\"77\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-221\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>According to various news reports, Georgia is just one of three states that allows no package beer, wine, or liquor sales on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of business groups and civil libertarians have been pushing for a change for years, but Governor Sonny Perdue always said that he would veto any change to Georgia&#8217;s stance. With Governor Nathan Deal apparently willing to sign a bill that would allow local voters to decide if Sunday package sales would be allowed in their communities, it looked like we&#8217;d see a change in the law.<\/p>\n<p>But in the face of opposition from conservative Christian groups, a number of polls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/georgia-politics-elections\/new-polls-say-republican-835506.html\">suggested<\/a> that a majority of Republican voters would approve of the local-option law. But the support was hardly uniform across the state: while Republican primary voters in metro Atlanta support the legislation by significant margins, the picture is quite different in more rural areas. A number of Republican state legislators could possibly face stiff primary opposition if they supported the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>For background, check out the excellent coverage from Peach Pundit, which focuses on the libertarian arguments, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peachpundit.com\/2011\/02\/15\/headed-for-speedy-passage-last-week-sunday-sales-bill-now-appears-dead-for-session\/\">&#8220;Headed For Speedy Passage Last Week, Sunday Sales Bill Now Appears Dead For Session&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Jim Galloway from the AJC: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/political-insider-jim-galloway\/2011\/02\/14\/behind-the-sunday-sales-stall-fear-of-a-church-driven-backlash\/\">&#8220;Behind the Sunday sales stall? Fear of a church-driven backlash&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why all this focus on Republicans? Easy answer: the party seems to have a stranglehold on power in the state. And it looks like a minority of those Republicans &#8212; largely Christian conservatives who do not live in the metro areas that fuel the state&#8217;s economy &#8212; have been been given disproportionate power.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to various news reports, Georgia is just one of three states that allows no package beer, wine, or liquor sales on Sundays. 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