Comments on: Election Day Open Thread!

By: Revenue-Negative Household (a.k.a., My unruly brood is here to clog your sidewalks and erode your tax base.)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:33:41 +0000

No.

By: Rebeccab

Rebeccab — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:59:29 +0000

AHID- I didn’t see any evidence in there that overwhelmingly supported keeping the ban in place. It was actually all over the map, and really by their own assessment there’s just not enough evidence to say anything conclusively.

And really my point is, that there is absolutely no logic in having a ban on store purchases, but allowing people to purchase it in restaurants on Sundays. It’s part of the holdover of regulations made on religious grounds, and that’s not a rational approach to law making. Of course I’m one of the heathens that would love to see gambling in all it’s forms legalized here, and start filling some of the budget gaps with those profits.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:03:11 +0000

See recommendations from Task Force on Community Preventive Services:
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol/RecommendationsonMaintainingLimitsonDaysandHoursofSaleofAlcoholicBeveragestoPreventExcessiveAlcoholConsumptionandRelatedHarms.pdf

My only point was in response to the statement that there is no logical opposition to Sunday sales–there IS a logical (vs. purely ideological or religious) argument, whether or not you buy it.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:28:39 +0000

The only place in the metro where Sunday sales seems to have lost was Forest Park, but I saw on the noon news that they may be an error and it may have actually passed.

BTW, for anyone who goes to St Simons, Glynn County passed Sunday sales.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:22:22 +0000

The only safety claims ever made always cited one discredited study out of New Mexico.

By: Rebeccab

Rebeccab — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:59:54 +0000

Maybe, but honestly I read the paper everyday, and I don’t recall a major movement to keep the Sunday ban in place solely for safety reasons. Everything I read cited religious beliefs, a few threw in tidbits of “the sky is falling” type accident predictions to back up their convictions, and most every other comment I read went something like, “why can’t they just get it in advance.” If alcohol is so dangerous, it needs to be banned everyday, everywhere, and not just on the Lord’s day (which is why it couldn’t be bought on Sunday in the first place.) And if it’s not, then there’s no reason to legitimate reason to ban it solely on Sundays from the stores, but tell people it’s perfectly fine to purchase it at a restaurant.

By: brianc

brianc — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:51:47 +0000

To DM’s post below:

Well, I didn’t say I’d want to be a train (or bus) driver. They couldn’t pay me enough to do those jobs.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:43:06 +0000

You sure about that?

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2011/11/when-mass-transit-riders-attack/441/