{"id":270,"date":"2012-12-11T10:40:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/additional-license-fee-for-sunday-alcohol-sales-lcc-2012-12-10.html"},"modified":"2012-12-11T10:40:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:40:30","slug":"additional-license-fee-for-sunday-alcohol-sales-lcc-2012-12-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/additional-license-fee-for-sunday-alcohol-sales-lcc-2012-12-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Additional license fee for Sunday alcohol sales? @ LCC 2012-12-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"    class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c34820913970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c34820913970b-pi.jpg\" \/><\/a>\nWhy should businesses have to pay an additional license fee\nfor Sunday alcohol sales, if the only justification is\nto raise money to pay for administering that license?\nThat was a topic at yesterday morning&#39;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/videos-lcc-2012-12-10.html\">\nLowndes County Commission Work Session<\/a>\nfor agenda item\n6.a.\nRevision to the Lowndes County Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nFinance Director Stephanie Black mentioned the things\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/changes-to-the-alcohol-ordinance-lcc-2012-12-10.html\">\nwe already heard<\/a> from the staff,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/09\/revised-alcohol-brown-bag-ordinance-lcc-2012-09-11.html\">\nbrown bagging<\/a>,\nsocial hosts (serving alcohol at private events to underage drinkers),\nand the <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/sunday-alcohol-sales-lcc-2011-05-23.html\">\nSunday package sales<\/a>.\nShe said for the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/11\/congratulations-dexter-sharper-demarcus-marshall-chris-prine-and-justin-cabral.html\">\nvoter-approved Sunday alcohol sales<\/a>\nthe license fee would be $250,\nplus a requirement for an immigration affidavit.\nCommissioner Powell took exception to that additional license fee,\nwhich would be on top of a license fee already necessary for the\nrest of the week.\nBlack and Chairman Paulk defended it as necessary to collect\nmoney to administer the license fee.\nPowell wondered if they&#39;d need the money if they didn&#39;t\nhave the license fee.\nPaulk said the city of Valdosta charges $1000 for a Sunday license.\nPowell said he disagreed with that, too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#39;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/62TQCvM7Zoo\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nAdditional license fee for Sunday alcohol sales?\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why should businesses have to pay an additional license fee for Sunday alcohol sales, if the only justification is to raise money to pay for administering that license? 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