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Escambia May Allow Countywide Sunday Morning Alcohol Sales
January 22, 2021
Escambia County may soon allow stores to sell alcohol on Sunday morning across the entire county.
There is currently an ordinance banning retail alcohol sale on Sunday between 2:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. countywide, with an exception for Pensacola and Perdido Key where it is legal to sell alcohol at retail stores on Sundays after 7 a.m.
Escambia County District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh said he will bring and ordinance to a vote to allow countywide Sunday alcohol sales after 7 a.m.
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31 Responses to “Escambia May Allow Countywide Sunday Morning Alcohol Sales”
I agree with many people that it should stay the same.
However, the left, and young fools consumed by the filth that cable and the internet has brought have already destroyed anything sacred to normal folks. Heck, we’re now the minority. They’ve made their filth become the normal and we’ve become the oddballs. Besides, there’s far worse things going on that’s not only legal, but accepted, celebrated even. That being said, look at the people you have had coming to Pensacola since the 1960’s for Memorial Weekend for a dollar. I say who cares. I want it to happen. Sooner or later, good folks will get tired of the insanity going on and raise up.
All for lifting this old blue law.
I grocery shopping maybe once a week at most. Sometimes on Sunday mornings.
I don’t purchase wine to start drinking in the parking lot, or to drink on any morning, including Sunday. Drinks are for serving with good food or to settle down into a movie or good book.
I’ve always been bewildered that I should have to go to the store a second time if I shopped during Sunday blue law hours to complete my shopping.
If such laws are to give a hat tip to Christian faith worship, then a newer problem has manifested in recent years. Some churches now have Saturday evening worship services, and some have 5 pm services, in addition to Sunday mornings. This easily demonstrates why such a blue law is archaic. If it’s not archaic, then the time of sales bans should now be expanded from Saturday afternoon to Sunday night.
Some very thoughtful and also some very ignorant posts. From my perspective, our greater threat is not the availability of alcohol on Sundays. The actual threat are those pious, self-righteous, and repugnant people that build themselves up by judging and forcing their opinions on others. You proclaim being pro-life but what have you done to help single moms and children? Very likely you have done nothing outside of having a heartless opinion. You sneer at anyone who fornicates outside of marriage because of your own rigid sexual dysfunction. What have you done to help and feed the homeless regardless of their plight? Very likely nothing other than cackle with your like-minded friends about how bad they make your neighborhood look. You openly give a protracted thanks in IHOP for your pancakes but it’s merely to call attention to yourself (look at me, look at me, I’m a good person) and fuel your narcissism. In your Sunday clothes, you perform your obligatory best being careful not to disturb your pit of snakes and become the subject of their gossip. You post “Black Lives Matter” on your lawns to convey solidarity but without the small print that coveys the real truth: Black Lives Matter (but not in my zip code). Yes, I too am equally guilty of all the above and for that, I ask your forgiveness. However, and more importantly I ask that you Love others in your actions, words, and thoughts. Love others without seeking attention for yourself or your tribe. Love others simply because they each are a Divine (or cosmic wonder, or statistically significant anomaly, etc.) creation. Whether religious, spiritual, atheist, or agnostic, focus and work on your flaws rather than judging others. Remember that evil cohorts appear as deceptive ministers of righteousness. Love others and be kind and generous. Eventually, we all will pass from this existence and with time, we will all be forgotten but while here, we should Love others as it is needed most.
Right next door in Baldwin county you can buy booze 24/7/365. Escambia county needs to do the same.
Finally someones silly religion wont control how other people want to spend money. Imagine if we couldn’t buy pork because of Islam? Thats how it feels when you can’t buy beer on Sunday.
Legalize drugs ,Ban Alcohol.
What the hell is wrong with this world.
I thought y’all wanted to government to stay out of our business? Oh…only when it’s convenient for you and your beliefs?
Alcohol is legal in this country and it’s silly that it can’t be sold by a PRIVATE BUSINESS on a Sunday morning.
News flash–not everyone believes in Jesus.
I can’t wait to buy a 12 back on Sunday morning on the way to the golf course.
I’m not a Christian/Religious and see no reason to follow their beliefs so thanks for finally giving us some freedom from religious persecution which our ancestors fought for so long ago.
Cool! Now the hard core alcoholics can stop drinking listerine Sunday morning.
Only omit alcohol sales on days that end in Y. Bring back the days of prohibition.
Being able to buy alcohol before church will make church go by much faster. It’ll also make the drive after church much more exciting… for those around us. Yay! Give me my alcohol.
Jeff Bergosh is my hero. Jeff Bergosh for President 2024!
@ Molino
We dont need your permission to have or offer you any agenda
You have nothing better to do than stay in the dark ages and want to speak for everyone.
You dont!
I say to each their own. No one is dragging you out from under your rock to make you buy anything.
Sorry rocks.
It’s about time we made sense of the nonsense. I don’t know if a preacher was run over by a drunk on a horse, back in the 1800s at 10 am but it’s time to repeal this.
This is par for the course along with the rest of the ridiculousness going on in the country right now .
People are going to drink every day of the week whether you like it or not. Not selling till after 1:00 is and has always been stupid. I worked convenience stores for years and I can tell you firsthand most of the church going crowd were the first ones lining up to buy as soon as they left church. Besides, the Bible does not condemn alcohol on any day. It simply says don’t be a drunkard (alcoholic).
About time!
Why was this ordinance created in the first place? If you think Sunday is holy and alcohol should not be purchased, then don’t purchase alcohol on Sunday. It’s not our local government’s job to enforce your religious beliefs on your neighbors.
Finally getting with the times a bit. I may be faithful but I don’t think we should hold others to our beliefs.
Everyone is so worried about COVID and everyone wearing their masks to prevent it (if masks work, New York and the like wouldn’t be shut down) but deaths due to alcohol average about 95,000 each year. Which over the years totals WAY more deaths than COVID. Let’s ban the booze and save some lives! Reference web site https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-deaths.html
I think buying liquor on Sunday should be banned. The lazy people can’t buy their liquor by Sunday too bad. People procrastinate! The lazy people drink up all their booze on Saturday, wake up Sunday & want more. Too bad, wait until 1 o’clock on Sunday.
This is a long time overdue.
How can they justify holding mainland Escambia County to a different standard than the beach? It is way past time for this archaic ordinance to be retired!
Why restrict it at all ? What’s gonna happen between 2:30 am and 7:00 am on a Sunday morning, that wouldn’t happen on any other morning ?
About time adults are allowed to make their own decisions!!! We need to move past the 1920’s!
VOTE. NO. VOTE. NO
Anything for a dollar, the Lord is being pushed to the limit! Nothing is Sacred anymore!
what could possibly go wrong?
Let’s not turn Escambia County into Pensacola, Pensacola tears down history, let’s not follow suit with the clowns running that trash heap.
Shame on Escambia County. Our governments, big and small, are slowly but surely demoralizing us. If people can’t plan ahead enough to buy their booze on any other day but the Lord’s Day, that’s just another reason not to drink it in the first place.
I know, I know.
That’s exciting. (sarcasm)
For what reason? There are six other perfectly good days in a week to buy alcohol all day, what could possibly be the HUGE need to also be able to buy it during these ten and a half hours? You’ve got to be kidding me. There is absolutely nothing more important on the agenda?