Sunday alcohol sales appear to be dead

Without unanimous vote by Flomaton Town Council, mayor says legislators will not push the bill forward

Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., told council members Monday night that a proposal to allow Sunday alcohol sales in the town limits appears to be a dead issue with Escambia County's legislative delegation saying it will not introduce the local bill since the vote to allow Sunday sales was not unanimous by the town council.

On Aug. 13 the town council approved an ordinance on a 5-1 vote to asked the Legislative delegation to pass a local bill to allow for Sunday alcohol sales beginning at 10 a.m. Mayor Bondurant noted the town was losing a lot of revenue to just across the line in Century...