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Originally posted by AXiD670
In small towns such as this, it's not uncommon to have the popular college boy who thinks it would be cool to run for public office campaign on campus and gets all the college kids to get out and vote for him.
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Let's just say there are lots of questions as to how he ever got elected, and I know a lot of people who are secretly relieved that the bars have been shut down, for personal reasons regarding "the councilman", not the students who frequented, or the employees who worked at the establishments.
And yes, Statesboro has a problem with underage drinking, not binge drinking. They got liquor by the drink the semester I left before that it was beer and wine only. The same problems existed then that do now. Southern is in rural south Georgia very much in the middle of the Bible Belt, unfortunately there is a lot of push and pull between the people affiliated with the college and the people who are not. There are people there who would just as soon see the college go away. They are the same people who will not let the college hold night games (only have like 1-2 a year) and actually get use out of the millions of dollars they spent on the lights for the stadiums. It's a sad situation that I hope will one day be resolved.