Sunday sales a plus for Flomaton

It took a while, but Monday afternoon the Flomaton Town Council voted to allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays.

Flomaton followed the steps first taken by Atmore when Atmore became the first municipality in Escambia County, Ala., to allow Sunday alcohol sales. Atmore did it under the old law that took a unanimous vote resolution by the town council to ask the county's legislative delegation of State Representatives Alan Baker and Mike Jones along with State Sen. Greg Albritton to get a local bill passed by the Alabama Legislature to allow the Sunday sales.

When Flomaton first approached this is...