Hearings on State Store privatization in the PA Senate Law and Justice Committee begin on the afternoon of February 14 -- my birthday; guys, you shouldn't have! It's just what I wanted!
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Not in the public interest
Reasons why the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board should be abolished, and The Almighty Liquor Code completely overhauled and rewritten, to reflect over 80 years of change since Repeal.
Needed: passion for privatization
"...there was [in 1997] no overarching passion within the General Assembly, or in the public at large, for privatization. Unless and until there is a general hue and cry, it is very unlikely there will be a privatization initiative that succeeds." -- John E. Jones III, former PLCB chairman
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Not in the public interest
The Reasons
- #1: We're Adults
- #2: The Two-Headed Monster
- #3: Where's the Beer?
- #4: The 18% Emergency Tax
- #5: The Liquor Code Serves the PLCB, not us
- #6: The Pennsylvania Legislature
- #7: One Problem, Everyone's Problem
- #8: Too Much Information, Too Little Privacy
- #9: Can I get a Ruling?
- #10: Only 623 Stores for the Whole State
- #11: Harrisburg is a Black Hole (for paperwork)
- #12: Like They Care -- no consumer fairness focus
- #13: Who Needs 'Em? -- anyone can collect taxes
- #14: Control Isn't Working Worth a Damn
- #15: The Case Law is Stupid
- #16: Why Control Wine & Spirits?
Contributors
Love Letters to Harrisburg
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2011
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February
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- What's wrong with this picture?
- Why the secrecy?
- Why can't I get Pikesville Rye?
- A response from the opposition
- Dopey Case Law Still Gets Enforced...Reluctantly
- State Store Stings: a confirmation
- "PR": please call me
- A response to one anti-privatization talking point...
- It Begins!
- State Store Stings?
- Amazing: PLCB apologist
- Senator Pippy: entire liquor code "in play"
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February
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Other Sites of Interest
- Choose Responsibility -- reasons against the 21 LDA
- Divesting the PLCB: Reason.org explains how and why
- PLCB Customer Satisfaction Form
- PLCB issues -- 4-part series in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- PLCB list of beer brands currently registered in the state
- PLCB posts at the tleaves blog
- PLCB Product Search Page -- find PA booze here (I'm just trying to help the customer!)
- PLCB Users Group -- a non-official blog that does what the PLCB fails to do: tell you what's being discontinued, added/relisted, and put on clearance. What a concept!
- Repeal the Johnstown Flood Tax -- what more needs to be said?
- Seen Through a Glass -- Lew's full-service blog
- The Almighty Liquor Code -- Title 40 of PA law (searchable)
- The PLCB's website
- The Session Beer Project -- Lew's blog about 'session beers,' good beers at 4.5% ABV and under
If you've got your own reasons...
Send them to me. I'd love to hear from you, and take those ideas and blend them with mine. And if you're in favor of the continuing existence of the PLCB, well, send me that, too. If it makes sense, I'll publish; if it doesn't, I'll publish it also, but I may have to disagree with you.
4 comments:
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!
Lew,
Don't know if you saw it, but there was a PCN Call-In on the privatization, Feb 1. I'm pretty sure a tech-savvy guy like you can find it. http://www.pcntv.com/pcnplus/
A belated happy birthday, Lew. Can I assume you watched the hearing video?
http://nova.pasenategop.com/hearings/2011/lawjustice/021411.wmv
Didn't know the video was up: THANKS!
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