Sunday liquor sales in Polk County could be allowed as early as January – just in time for Super Bowl Sunday.
The County Commission has started the process to modify its regulations regarding the opening times for bars and liquor stores as well as the required distances the establishments must be from churches and schools.
The current pro-business panel of commissioners sees the move as driven by market forces, according to discussions by the commissioners at a September agenda review. At that session, commissioners were told Polk’s alcohol-sales laws were the strictest in Central Florida…