It sure is nice for a change to see phrases like "a more business-oriented group now sits in those council seats" in a newspaper article about Snellville.
Booze fight to be settled
Gwinnettdailypost.com
"This issue has been a hot button issue in Snellville at least as far back as 2004, when in November of that year voters made their desires known with a 1,171 to 1,100 approval of liquor-by-the-drink sales in restaurants.Related Links:
Although the liquor law passed, several of the City Council members gathered enough council votes to amend the ordinance and remove Sunday sales of liquor by the drink as an option for restaurants inside the city limits. To this day, the question is still debated as to whether the Sunday sales issue was addressed in that ill-fated 2004 election — it had been in the ordinance before the board but was not specifically mentioned on the ballot.
Since those days of see-sawing ordinances and amendments, several of those same council members were voted off or left voluntarily, and a more business-oriented group now sits in those council seats. Also since 2004, the economy took a nose-dive, and businesses in Snellville and across the state suffered. Many restaurants closed, and others simply relocated to jurisdictions in which Sunday sales of LBTD was allowed."
Committee for a Better Snellville brings issue to the streets
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