A group of pastors in Southeast Georgia's Effingham County met Monday to oppose to a ballot measure on liquor sales at restaurants.
Effingham County is a fast-growing bedroom community to nearby Savannah and business groups say, potential Effingham tax dollars are going to the city every time an Effingham resident leaves the county to go there for dinner. They say, Effingham could attract more restaurants if highly profitable liquor were on the menu.
County commissioners decided to put the matter before voters in the February primary.
The Rev. Bob Rogers of First Baptist Church in Rincon is organizing a church-based campaign to get residents to vote no. "Liquor can be a fool's gold," Rogers says. "The people think it's going to bring a lot of riches. It can also bring some heartaches."
Effingham County currently allows beer and wine at restaurants, but not distilled spirits. A referendum five yeas ago to allow liquor by the drink failed by 57%.
Effingham County is a fast-growing bedroom community to nearby Savannah and business groups say, potential Effingham tax dollars are going to the city every time an Effingham resident leaves the county to go there for dinner. They say, Effingham could attract more restaurants if highly profitable liquor were on the menu.
County commissioners decided to put the matter before voters in the February primary.
The Rev. Bob Rogers of First Baptist Church in Rincon is organizing a church-based campaign to get residents to vote no. "Liquor can be a fool's gold," Rogers says. "The people think it's going to bring a lot of riches. It can also bring some heartaches."
Effingham County currently allows beer and wine at restaurants, but not distilled spirits. A referendum five yeas ago to allow liquor by the drink failed by 57%.
