Two Douglas County voting locations have changed due to school renovations.
Today is election day all voters must vote at their assigned voting station. Voting stations on election day will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters are reminded that those who register for a non-partisan ballot may only vote in the judicial race and on the TSPLOST. Two voting locations have been changed due to on-going renovations at two area schools. Those who normally vote at Turner Middle School will now vote at Lithia Springs Elementary School on election day. And those who normally vote at Fairplay Middle School will vote at South Douglas Elementary School. Listed below are Douglasville Patch articles on the Douglas County Commission Chair Race: Q & A: Commission Chair Candidates, Part 2 Q & A: Commission Chair Candidates, Part 1 …
Patch emailed questions to all of the candidates running for Douglas County Commission Chairman and here is part two of their responses.
Patch: Would you like to see Sunday retail package alcohol sales on the Nov. 6 ballot? Why or why not? Would you like to see Sunday restaurant by-the-drink alcohol sales on the Nov. 6 ballot? Why or why not? Tom Worthan: Personally, as a non-drinker, I think six days a week should be sufficient time to purchase alcohol. However, I see these as economic development issues. All surrounding counties have Sunday sales, and our local small businesses are losing sales and revenue to them if we do not pass Sunday retail package sales. Our citizens who wish to purchase alcohol simply have to drive only a few miles to get it, and we lose the sales tax revenue and the jobs that are created by the sales. The Sunday restaurant sales issue is …
Patch emailed questions to all of the candidates running for Douglas County Commission Chairman and here is part one of their responses.
Patch: How do you intend to support economic and job growth in Douglas County? Rita Rainwater: I feel working with the development authority to bring jobs to our community is one of the top priorities. I want to make sure that they have the tools they need to do their job. The first step should be working with the city to combine the development authorities. The county and the city both should have appointments on the board. We need to work together as one community with differing interest. I will be visiting the existing businesses to see what we are doing to help or hinder them. When a new industry comes to the county I will assign a person to help them through the development process so that the rules are not changed on them during the …
Helen Chambers
8:55 am on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
I totally agree! These fine establishments have been in business of many years and we have seen new Barbecue places come and go in the last five or so years, some not lasting even a year, all I believe selling alcohol. It makes me very uncomfortable to be greeted at a restaurant and being directed to the bar area, even though our thirteen old grandson may be accompanying us. Children should not … more ›