Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger recently filed a bill to repeal next year his legislation to help create a large but controversial resort development on Smith Lake in Cullman County.

Gudger, R-Cullman, was a co-sponsor with Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, this year on Senate Bill 322 to create a community development district for a proposed luxury resort. The legislation allowed the City of Cullman to annex the land for the development. The Cullman County Commission opposed the proposal. The Cullman Times reported the proposed annex is about 2,500 acres. The annexation would permit alcohol sales at the resort in the dry county.

Opposition to SB322 has been an issue in recent special elections in Cullman County.

In a social media post on Friday, Gudger said he’d bee

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