Update: Alcohol Vote Challenged
In the March 6 primary only those in unincorporated Cobb County voted on a Sunday alcohol referendum.
Cobb County's Sunday alcohol sales vote is being taken to court. Marietta lawyer Justin O'Dell of Cauthron, Nohr & O’Dell filed a petition in Cobb County Superior Court today to ask for a revote that includes the residents of the county's six cities as well as those who live in unincorporated areas, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Asked about the county's response, Cobb government spokesman Robert Quigley emailed: "The county will be in court and will provide information to the judge as to what our opinion was based on." County Board of Commissioners Chairman Tim Lee acknowledged to the AJC and the MDJ that excluding city residents was a mistake. If a judge agrees, O'Dell said, the only option is to throw out the March 6 vote …
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Bill Stockstill
7:48 pm on Sunday, March 18, 2012
This issue goes both ways because the residents of the county pay for some services that cities residents benefit. Its not like the taxes collected by those 6 cities pays entirely for all the local government services they receive. So shouldn't county residents have a say in what happens in the cities? Unincorporated county residents weren't part of the earlier vote of the cities on Sunday sales… more ›