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packman

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3. I live in one of those "Holy Roller" Florida counties

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:09 PM

Mar 2017

and the hypocrisy runs wide and deep on liquor sales. My local Publix shuts the lights off in the beer/wine aisle on Sunday (God frowns on that sort of thing on His day). The reason- County Commissioners who state it is the Lord's Day and we should honor it as such. Recently they voted to allow Sunday sales when the local restaurants made it an issue of lost revenue.

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Senate approves bill to let grocery outlets sell hard liquor in stores [View all] HAB911 Mar 2017 OP

"Now if we can just get a few shelves for Guns and Ammo" ExciteBike66 Mar 2017 #1

LOL, we need the real thing! HAB911 Mar 2017 #2

I live in one of those "Holy Roller" Florida counties packman Mar 2017 #3