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Sunday beer, wine sales bill introduced
ATLANTA (AP) - Local
communities would be able
to decide for themselves
whether beer and wine sales
should be allowed on Sunday
under legislation fded at the
state Capitol.
The legislation introduced
on Thursday by state Sen.
Seth Harp. R-Midland, sets
up what is likely to be one
of the hot battles under the
gold dome this session. On
one side are grocery and con
venience stores, which want
to be able to sell six-packs on
Sunday. Lining up against
them is an unlikely pair
ing - the Georgia Christian
Alliance and the state’s
liquor stores.
Georgia, Connecticut and
Indiana are the only three
states that ban the Sunday
sale of all alcohol for off
premises consumption.
Harp’s bill would give local
governments the ability to
decide whether Sunday beer
and wine sales should be
permitted.
Voters in those commu
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nities would then have to
approve the change at the
ballot box.
A recent poll by Mason-
Dixon Polling and Research
commissioned by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution found
support for the bill. Sixty
eight percent of Georgians
supported the local-option
legislation. The telephone
poll of 625 state residents
had a margin or error of plus
or minus 4 percentage points.
Support was even stronger
in metro Atlanta, where 80
percent of respondents said
they liked the idea.
Harp said that every
Sunday cars stream across
the border from his west
ern Georgia district into
Alabama were they can
pick up a bottle of Merlot
along with their groceries.
He added that his district is
fdled with members of the
military, who are surprised
by Georgia’s blue laws.
“I’m a strong believer in
the separation of church
and state,” Harp said. “The
business checking, along with competitive
savings options & home loans come by and
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vestiges of the Sunday blue
laws are a holdover from a
different time.”
Speaking on the floor of the
state Senate, Harp acknowl
edged that the issue is likely
to stir up strong feelings
among lawmakers. Some
conservative Christians say
the sale of booze on Sunday
would sully the Sabbath.
Ed McGill, a lobbyist for
the Georgia Alcohol Dealers
Association, said liquor store
owners opposed the proposal
largely because they are left
out. He described the fight
as a David and Goliath bat
tle between local liquor store
owners and the large chain
grocery and convenience
stores.
An open question is
whether Gov. Sonny Perdue
would sign the bill if it
makes it through the state
Legislature. Perdue, a tee
totaler, was noncommittal
when asked about the bill
last month, quipping only
that it wouldn’t be part of
his agenda.
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Aquarium whale shark dies
ATLANTA (AP) - One
of the Georgia Aquarium’s
prized whale sharks died
Thursday night - the second
death-of a popular exhibit at
the aquarium in 10 days.
Ralph, one of four whale
sharks at the 1-year-old
aquarium, stopped swim
ming Thursday afternoon
and died about 9:30 p.m.,
aquarium spokeswoman
Donna Fleishman said.
The cause of death was not
immediately determined.
Aquarium executive director
Jeff Swanagan said a necrop
sy would begin on Friday.
“Recently, he has not been
eating well and has had
some unusual swimming
patterns,” Fleishman said.
The aquarium staff moved
the 22-foot shark to anoth
er part of the tank after
he stopped swimming and
immediately began trying to
revive him, but he died eight
hours later, Swanagan said.
Ralph and Norton, the
aquarium’s other male whale
shark, arrived in June 2005
from Taipei, Taiwan, where
they had been destined to
become seafood. They were
joined a year later by two
females, Alice and Trixie, in
their 6 million gallon tank.
They are the only whale
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sharks on display outside of
Asia.
“The entire staff is sad
dened by what has happened
today,” said Swanagan.
“Sometimes nature deals
you back to back deaths.”
(Jasper, one of the Georgia
Aquarium’s five beluga
whales, was euthanized Jan.
2 after months of declining
health. Whale sharks are the
world’s largest fish, growing
more than 50 feet long.
Ralph was considered a
teenager. He measured 22
feet at his last examination
by scientists two months ago.
Swanagan said there was
no sign of trouble in what
was Ralph’s third exam.
Norton has been examined
twice and Alice and Trixie
once each. The 17-year-old
Gasper had been ill before
arriving at the aquarium in
October 2005. His health
deteriorated further over the
past few weeks. That led the
aquarium’s medical team to
put him to death humanely,
aquarium officials said.
During the Nov. 6 exami
nation of Ralph, a hose
pumped a liquid anesthet
ic into the water around
Ralph’s head - making him
nearly unconscious for the
two-hour checkup.
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