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Lawmakers launch separate effort to OK Sunday booze sales
ATLANTA (AP)
Frustrated by the Senate’s
reluctance to consider a
measure that would allow
Sunday sales of alcohol in
Georgia, House lawmakers
launched their own effort
Thursday to legalize selling
booze on the Sabbath.
Similar to Senate propos
als, the measure would allow
communities to decide for
themselves whether to allow
beer, wine and liquor sales
on Sunday. It also would only
legalize the sales after noon
on Sundays _ when church
services traditionally end.
The sales would be allowed
to continue until 7 p.m.
“We felt like it was time
to get something started
in the House,” said state
Rep. Roger Williams, a
Republican from Dalton and
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the bill’s sponsor. “So far the
Senate has held it up.”
Social conservatives have
lined up against the plans,
saying they would sully the
Sabbath. Sadie Fields, direc
tor of the Georgia Christian
Alliance, said the measure
threatens to turn Sunday
“into just another day.”
Liquor stores, which had
opposed earlier proposals
that did not include liquor
sales in the plan’s options,
applauded the measure.
“This new legislation will
put Georgia one step closer
to leveling the playing field
among small businesses by
allowing liquor stores the
chance to sell spirits on
Sundays,” said Jay Hibbard,
vice president of the Distilled
Spirits Council.
Under the proposal, local
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governments would be
allowed to decide whether
Sunday sales should be
allowed. The issue would
then go before voters in that
community.
A January poll by Mason-
Dixon Polling and Research
commissioned by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution found
that 68 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 respon
dents said they liked the
idea.
Yet supporters face a tough
hurdle. Even if the measure
clears both chambers, Gov.
Sonny Perdue has said it
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would take “a lot of persua
sion” for him to sign it.
Georgia is one of only
three states that bars some
kind of take-home alcohol
sales on Sundays.
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Perdue, legislators work
out stress of session
ATLANTA (MNS) - Young
Pat Ludeman received an
athletic beat down from an
unlikely source Wednesday
and has the battle scars to
prove it.
The 29-year-old from
Atlanta sulked away from
the locker rooms near the
Georgia State University rac
quetball courts with fresh,
glistening welts on his back.
The marks were from incom
ing racquetballs Ludeman
was unable to avoid.
After showing off his
wounds to a small crowd,
Ludeman’s racquetball
opponent smiled sheepishly
and flexed his arms above
his head in triumph.
“I was whipped by some
one twice my age,” Ludeman
moaned while watching the
display.
Unfortunately for
Ludeman’s ego, he was hum
bled by a 60-year-old man -
Gov. Sonny Perdue.
As much as he enjoyed
beating up on someone half
his age, Perdue said it was
the health benefits that
bring him to the racquetball
courts as early as 6 a.m. on
work days.
“Right now, I feel better
physically than I ever have
before,” he said in between
games Wednesday.
With a combination of
exercise and dieting, Perdue
shed nearly 20 pounds dur
ing a six-week period in
2003. He said he has contin
ued to keep his weight down
since then.
He encouraged his col
leagues at the Capitol to find
a workout routine of their
own.
“After my first two years
in the Senate, I was having
troubling maintaining my
daily functions,” he said. “I
needed a pick-me-up, and
this was the perfect remedy
for me.”
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2007 ♦
General Assembly can work
out for free at Georgia State,
but only a handful choose
to do so, said Rep. Ronald
Forster, R-Ringgold.
“Most members of the
General Assembly are not
as fit as they should be,” he
said while completing arm
curls Wednesday.
Forster attributed the lack
of fitness to time constraints
of the job. He pointed to
the lengthy sessions on the
floor, committee meetings
and extensive commutes for
many back to their districts.
Nonetheless, Forster, who
works out at Georgia State
every day of the session, said
that was not an adequate
excuse.
“With all the time we
devote to health care, the
least we can do is stay in
shape,” he said.
Forster, a member of the
Insurance committee, said
legislation is being planned
that would include insur
ance breaks for those who
receive favorable physical
examinations.
Some legislators did not
sugarcoat their workout reg
imens.
When asked what he does
outside of work to stay in
shape, Rep. Bobby Franklin,
R-Marietta replied,
“Nothing.”
However, he said he tried
to avoid the elevators at the
Capitol and stay away from
the closest parking spots.
Rep. Brooks Coleman, R-
Duluth, said the main prob
lem for many legislators
is the abundance of sticky
treats and greasy foods
offered to them by constitu
ents.
As for Perdue, he extend
ed an open challenge to
members of the General
Assembly.
“Pll take on anyone,” he
said. “They know where
they can find me.”
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