Sunday sales on Grady County ballot – Thomasville Times-Enterprise: News

Grady County residents have the opportunity to allow beer and wine sales on Sunday’s. The Grady County referendum asks voters “Shall the governing authority of Grady County be authorized to permit and regulate package sales by retailers of malt beverages and wine on Sundays between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.?”

The referendum mainly impacts liquor and convenience stores and possibly a restaurant or two in the county that sell wine and beer. If passed, those who operate within Cairo will still fall under city ordinances and not be able to sell beer and wine on Sundays.

John Monds, a Cairo resident and a Libertarian candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission, approached the Grady County Commission in March about putting the issue before the voters.

“The state had passed laws to let counties decide if they wanted alcohol sales on Sunday. I thought it was ridiculous to have those kinds of restrictions in Grady County,” said Monds. “I thought it should have happened a long time ago.”

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