Jesus turned water into wine.....I rest my case

Why don't you go do a study on the 5 different wines that were used during that period of time. Not all of them were fermented.

Also if you have to ask the question "what Would Jesus Do" that alone tells you that whatever you’re doing is wrong. I may not be perfect but as least I don't hypocritically twist the Bible to my advantage.

"How do you think Jesus would have voted on this?"

Jesus turned water into wine.....I rest my case

I live in Lithia Sprgs and I think that the measure would have been better by placing in November. I was upset to learn that we as a county spent over 40K to put this election on and where only a fraction of the county showed up.

Jesus would strike down all the Baptists that are alcoholics pretending to do something decent by voting against this referendum. Give me a break! You are probably an alcoholic yourself. This was an issue that could have helped the County and you voted it down. Thanks Mmichael!

I'm very proud of the folks that went to go vote to keep some decent values in this county. I read and hear all these comments about how upset or frustrated they are about Sunday sales not passing. What is wrong with us folks? Have you forgotten about decent morals? Is the growth of a county so important that you would want to sell out what makes Douglas county one of the last decewnt counties in the metro Atlanta area. As for me,kudos to all that made their voices heard. It seems apparent to me that DC. residents still care enough to keep their county a good place to live. Oh by the way.. How do you think Jesus would have voted on this?

"Where are the "up scale" hotels and restaurants"

Honestly, Douglasville just ain't gonna get a 5 star Pano's & Paul type restaurant or a Marriott Marquis. Let's just get real. Upscale to people in West Georgia is Logan's Roadhouse and they got it. Logan's built here because they could sell beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Plain and simple, it is a big revenue producer.

"The vote was held in a special election to try and get it passed, not voted down."

"The reality is too many people choose to be uninformed or are just too lazy to bother to go out and vote."

Let's be honest and really get real. Today is no different than 50 years ago or 75 years ago. You put an item up to vote by itself in a special election and you are lucky to get 4% of registered voters to turn out. It is that way today, it was that way 75 years ago.

I've met many realtively new county residents over the past few years that don't know there is a downtown area north of I-20. Case in point, I met a software engineer who lives in Chapel Hills subdivision and has lived there for seven years. He and his wife had no clue there was an original downtown Douglasville. I'm a lifelong resident of DC for over 53 years and it boggles my mind.

So...voter's don't want Sunday sales. That's fine, but let's debate with a truer view of the existing community and what its limitations are.

Where are the "up scale" hotels and restaurants that flocked to Dville because of Liquor by the drink. Were they talking about Gidson's? The cost of this special election is $40k or more than $15 per vote cast. This vote had nothing to do with annexation or growth.

The vote was held in a special election to try and get it passed, not voted down. This very issue was voted down in 2003. Frankly, I hope our leaders will finally embrace the opinion of their constituents, how many times do we have to say no, before you understand we mean it?

The county voters do not want businesses that depend on Sunday Sales. They do not want that kind of development. Our leaders have not, to date, shown they can develop our area well. Look around, do you see any evidence that would lead you to believe they are capable of smart development? How many empty subdivisions and shopping centers do we need?

They have only shown that they are willing to manipulate a vote to get the result they want at taxpayers expense. It is obvious we can not depend on our leaders to represent us, especially by this vote.

If you really need a drink on a Sunday afternoon, in public, you need to drive to the city. IF it is that inconvenient, stay home and have a cold one. Problem solved.

You are all a bunch of whiners. Stop acting like no one new this vote was coming up. It was posted in the paper, listed on several Douglas County Blogs and a topic of conversation at local watering holes. The reality is too many people choose to be uninformed or are just too lazy to bother to go out and vote. Before you ask, yes I voted and I am in favor of the referendum. Having said that, I asked people I knew if they were voting and if they were uninformed I explained the referendum to them. If this was a sincere cause of worry for you, perhaps you should have been proactive and rallied the vote. I get tired of people firing remarks at local government because of lazy citizens. Not everything is about greed, race issues or crooked government. Sometimes it is just sheer lack of care and laziness on an increasingly demanding, spoiled society.

It's a political no brainer. Put a lightning rod issue like this in an off election cycle, especially by itself in a special called election and watch it get beat. How much did they write the check for to hold this election?

Elected officials are scared to death to place this issue or SPLOST issues in the General Election, because they fear their own re-election defeats.

Isn't that a sign of great leadership???? Our county politicians do govern OK from time to time, but BOY!! can they make some bonehead decisions.

I agree 110% with the first poster, we are hearing the results all over the news but didn't hear about the vote until after it was over.HMMM... very conveinent. I think if they want ALL registered voters to vote they could have sent us a notice about it. They have our information. Typical govermemt.

Forgive me, Commission Chairman Tom Worthan, I would hardly call less than 2% of the voters a win in this referendum issue.

Hardly anyone I spoke with even knew there was a referendum being voted on today.

This needs to be put back on the ballot in November for ALL the VOTERS to have a say-so on, along with having knowledge that the referendum even exists.

I agree that it's old news that the city of Douglasville feels the need to annex every piece of land a business goes up on just so they can tax it into the "City".

Not everyone wants to have the evening out in the now crowded "City of Douglasville". Many of us still find the outskirts of the County more pleasing and would welcome the same services the City offers to it's patrons.

We are not lookng to be the next "Atlanta", thank you.

This shows us how ignorant many in this county are when they vote against a referendum that could single-handedly stop the rapid annexation and development in this county.

Very sad.