Keith Greene, chairman of the Catoosa County CommissionALCOHOL VOTESThree referendums are on the Nov. 6 ballot in Catoosa County:• Allow sale of hard liquor by the glass in unincorporated areas of the county• Allow the sale of alcoholic beverages by the glass on Sunday outside the city limits of Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe from 12:30 p.m. to midnight.• Allow stores to sell beer and wine on Sunday between 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. in unincorporated areas of the county.
Voters in Catoosa County, Ga., have the chance in November to loosen restrictions on alcohol sales outside Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe.
How big an impact that would have remains to be seen, since almost all restaurants and stores are inside city limits, where Sunday alcohol sales are forbidden.
County commissioners voted to put three referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot. One would allow sale of hard liquor by the glass in the unincorporated areas of the county. A second would allow stores to sell beer and wine, so-called “package sales,” on Sunday between 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. The third would allow sale of alcoholic beverages by the glass on Sunday outside city limits from 12:30 p.m. to midnight.
“We’ve put this out there for the voters to decide,” County Commission Chairman Keith Greene said.