ATLANTA - Sunday alcohol sales are closer to being a reality after a legislative proposal took a leap forward.
The new bill would give the decision-making power to local communities.
With another Super Bowl Sunday just days here in Georgia will be another QT refrigerators Sunday night.
"Sunday's Super Bowl in Georgia, if you want to buy an alcoholic drink you have to go to a bar and watch the game," said Jim Tudor of the Georgia Association of Convenience Stores.
But after years of the threat of a veto, Sunday alcohol sales took a giant step closer to the General Assembly of Georgia with a 6-1 vote in a Senate committee to move a bill allowing over of different communities to decide on Sunday sales.
"Not a single sale in Georgia will occur. Not a single sale. All that will enable local communities to vote on this," said Tudor.
But the head of U.S. Central alcohol program for Disease Control says its studies show that allows the sale on Sunday is a public health problem.
"The science is very strong and very clear that if you make the lower alcohol, in this case sales on Sunday, we will have increased alcohol consumption and increased damage associated with it," said Dr. Robert Brewer of the CDC.
Is the same point religious groups argued in the past, but those same groups are now silent, probably because the Governor Nathan Deal has said he will oppose the legislation.
Jim Tudor 2.500 represents convenience stores, said that the current law hurts business.
"It is one, being able to take care of our customers and two, to avoid losing business to other states," said Tudor.
"For some people it may be inconvenient, but I think it has to be balanced against an increase in fatalities car accidents, interpersonal violence," said Brewer.
Georgia is one of three states that does not allow alcohol sales on Sundays and only in the south.
The new bill would give the decision-making power to local communities.
With another Super Bowl Sunday just days here in Georgia will be another QT refrigerators Sunday night.
"Sunday's Super Bowl in Georgia, if you want to buy an alcoholic drink you have to go to a bar and watch the game," said Jim Tudor of the Georgia Association of Convenience Stores.
But after years of the threat of a veto, Sunday alcohol sales took a giant step closer to the General Assembly of Georgia with a 6-1 vote in a Senate committee to move a bill allowing over of different communities to decide on Sunday sales.
"Not a single sale in Georgia will occur. Not a single sale. All that will enable local communities to vote on this," said Tudor.
But the head of U.S. Central alcohol program for Disease Control says its studies show that allows the sale on Sunday is a public health problem.
"The science is very strong and very clear that if you make the lower alcohol, in this case sales on Sunday, we will have increased alcohol consumption and increased damage associated with it," said Dr. Robert Brewer of the CDC.
Is the same point religious groups argued in the past, but those same groups are now silent, probably because the Governor Nathan Deal has said he will oppose the legislation.
Jim Tudor 2.500 represents convenience stores, said that the current law hurts business.
"It is one, being able to take care of our customers and two, to avoid losing business to other states," said Tudor.
"For some people it may be inconvenient, but I think it has to be balanced against an increase in fatalities car accidents, interpersonal violence," said Brewer.
Georgia is one of three states that does not allow alcohol sales on Sundays and only in the south.
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