After years of hand-wringing and hangovers, Governor Nathan Deal on Tuesday signed into law the long awaited ‘Brunch Bill’ which allows for alcohol sales in restaurants starting at 11:00 AM on Sundays. The bill, sponsored this year by state Sen. Renee Unterman, was pushed hard by the state’s restaurant industry, including by its largest advocacy group the Georgia Restaurant Association. While local communities still have to vote to pass it, the impending upgrade for brunchers statewide has their ships RISING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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