Oconee County, GA Politics

Talks to Oconee Democrats Thursday evening in Watkinsville at the Oconee County Government Center. He delivered an address of cooperation and messaging, talking about how long it took him to get Oconee County State Representative Chuck Williams to drop his bill on an Athens grocery store near the University of Georgia campus.

2013-2014 Regular Session - HB 517 Alcohol; local control of distance requirements of grocery stores and other licensees for retail sale of wine and malt beverages near college campuses; provide Sponsored By (1) Williams, Chuck 119th (2) Quick, Regina 117th (3) Frye, Spencer 118th (4) Tankersley, Jan 160th (5) Williamson, Bruce 115th (6) Peake, Allen 141st Sponsored In Senate By Ginn, Frank 47th Committees HC: Regulated Industries SC: Regulated Industries and Utilities First Reader Summary A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of alcoholic beverages generally, so as to provide for local control of distance requirements for grocery stores and other licensees for the retail sale of wine and malt beverages for consumption off the premises only such that grocery stores and other licensees shall be allowed to open in locations near college campuses such...

Rep. Chuck Williams explains Athens' role in downtown grocery store bill | Online Athens

Representative Chuck Williams

I would like to know the names of the grocery chains looking at downtown Athens: I would hope they would include Whole Foods, Publix, and Kroger. In the Loop: UPDATED: Downtown Grocery Store Bill Progresses | Flagpole Magazine | Athens, GA News, Music, Arts, Restaurants