This is in the www.ajc.com . The governor still believes he is better at making decisions for me than I am. (BTW I do not Drink). You can post comments on this article on the AJC site.

Sonny on Sunday sales: ‘I don’t support that’

Wednesday, January 17, 2007, 06:11 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gov. Sonny Perdue broke weeks of silence on Wednesday, telling a radio audience that he doesn’t support the effort to permit grocery stores to sell beer and wine on Sundays.

Perdue made his comments on “The Bert Show” on Q100, a talk-and-Top 40 station aimed at young adults.

“Think of it this way…It really helps you plan ahead for the rest of your life — buying on Saturday, rather than Sunday,” the governor said. “Time management.”

Said state Sen. Seth Harp of Midland, who introduced the bill last week: “I’m surprised, because it’s been tremendously well-received. People came up to me in church and told me it was a good idea,” said Harp, a Methodist. “I hope [Perdue] doesn’t have his mind made up.”

Here’s the sound. And here’s a rough transcript of what Perdue said about S.B. 26:

“I think it’s going to have a tough time, actually. When you ask people generally if they want the right to vote on anything — what kind of toilet tissue the state ought to use, or anything like that — they’ll typically say yes.

“Although they like representative government, they like to have their voices heard. And that’s why we have representative government, where people elect their own legislators to come and make these kinds of decisions.

“Some things rise to the level of referendums — such as, I felt, the symbol, the flag that represented Georgia, which I felt rose to that level. But you can’t do government really by referendum. And so, I don’t support that, and I don’t know whether it will pass the Legislature or not, but it’ll have a pretty tough time getting the last vote….

“You have to always be attuned to where public opinion is, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to follow that. A good leader always leads in a way they think is the right direction for Georgia on significant issues. …

“Think of it this way…It really helps you plan ahead for the rest of your life — buying on Saturday, rather than Sunday. Time management.”

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