tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post1878710536754511935..comments2024-03-13T11:10:25.333-04:00Comments on Why The PLCB Should Be Abolished: Show me the money!Lew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-75006607010906861522015-08-28T13:25:04.109-04:002015-08-28T13:25:04.109-04:00Seems like a couple extra days didn't help sin...Seems like a couple extra days didn't help since they STILL can't figure out the answer.Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-40007067232931541002015-08-26T19:40:14.740-04:002015-08-26T19:40:14.740-04:00I'd have to say that it is a misprint on the p...I'd have to say that it is a misprint on the pdf. If you look at the space available in red it is clearly larger than the state store space and yet is listed at only 18K sq ft.<br /><br />14K is probable closer to the truth especially since the PLCB claims its largest store is 17K sq ft. Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-60809280918909826492015-08-26T17:40:17.239-04:002015-08-26T17:40:17.239-04:00Retail space vs. retail+storage? Beats me. Retail space vs. retail+storage? Beats me. Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-68299554916510304852015-08-26T16:36:32.800-04:002015-08-26T16:36:32.800-04:00The Ardmore state store is 30,000 according to thi...The Ardmore state store is 30,000 according to this document: http://palladinodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ARDMORE-PLAZA-BROCHURE-V2.pdf<br /><br />Yet according to this PLCB press release, the store is only between 14,000 and 15,000: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pennsylvania-liquor-control-board-welcomes-former-philadelphia-phillies-pitcher-to-the-grand-opening-of-the-fine-wine--good-spirits-premium-collection-store-in-ardmore-300094286.html<br /><br />What gives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-30493087426317620132015-08-26T09:33:44.351-04:002015-08-26T09:33:44.351-04:00No, I'm sure it's 30,000 sq.ft.; it's ...No, I'm sure it's 30,000 sq.ft.; it's PLCB policy to include the parking lot in the total. <br /><br />I'll say it again: there's a sucker born every minute. <br />Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-16982752735330580752015-08-26T09:02:12.328-04:002015-08-26T09:02:12.328-04:00You're going to be really disappointed when th...You're going to be really disappointed when the store turns out to be just a regular 10-12,000 sq ft one like all the other cookie cutter state stores. Certainly nothing special and nowhere hear the size you think. That's OK we are used to the state store supporters having problems with numbers. Happens all the time.<br />http://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/FileDownload.aspx?file=94659/Solicitation_0.pdf Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-88615957935331150702015-08-26T07:44:43.291-04:002015-08-26T07:44:43.291-04:00There's a sucker born every minute.There's a sucker born every minute.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-75273370778644848392015-08-25T21:53:36.075-04:002015-08-25T21:53:36.075-04:00Regardless, the PLCB has a new 30,000 square foot ...Regardless, the PLCB has a new 30,000 square foot store opening late this year in King of Prussia. Bye bye border bleed for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-15437132145710830082015-08-25T21:13:52.081-04:002015-08-25T21:13:52.081-04:00My post, my question, my answer. You really do h...My post, my question, my answer. You really do have difficulty with the simplest of things but back to the question at hand. You have this big chance to give your own reasons why "cooking the books" might not be correct and have failed miserably. If the public had to rely on you they would never get an answer or never get one that made any sense. If you can't answer something that has already happened and published how are you going to handle questions about where that extra $185 million modernization is supposed to bring is coming from? How are you going to prove that and where are your going to get the numbers? Watching you jump around like a fish on a hook is the most amusing thing I've done recently. Keep up the poor work, I expect no less.Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-38229924152440937722015-08-25T19:54:23.971-04:002015-08-25T19:54:23.971-04:00You need to refresh your page, son: hasn't sai...You need to refresh your page, son: hasn't said "one man's opinion" for almost two years. Changed it when I stopped writing it in September 2013. Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-86957502259042443352015-08-25T19:15:25.916-04:002015-08-25T19:15:25.916-04:00So who is right, you or Lew? This ought to be fun...So who is right, you or Lew? This ought to be fun! <br />The header of the blog states it is "one mans opinion". Is that true?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-66414444176396499892015-08-25T15:20:41.141-04:002015-08-25T15:20:41.141-04:00Yes the author knows what is going on while you ar...Yes the author knows what is going on while you are still looking in the window trying to figure it out - unsuccessfully. I would say I'm amazed you know so little about business but I'd be lying.Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-25683129668801239292015-08-25T11:44:02.658-04:002015-08-25T11:44:02.658-04:00You gotta love the folks who say 'no one reads...You gotta love the folks who say 'no one reads this unimportant blog' and yet show up time and time again to comment on it. <br /><br />Here's a hint: you still don't get it. Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-32837484760303714992015-08-25T11:39:32.830-04:002015-08-25T11:39:32.830-04:00Finally had to ask someone didn't you? Now bot...Finally had to ask someone didn't you? Now both of you are wrong. However, the answer is on the page I linked, you don't have to go anywhere else. It doesn't matter if bailment is a work in progress (which it isn't at this point in time) all that matters is where the $110 million in liability went. <br /><br />I didn't ask about bailment. You get to try again. Show us those math skills and why, if you can't answer this simple question, the citizens should believe anything you come up with that involves numbers and the PLCB. <br /><br />You want to know something that is really amazing? Net assets were 35% higher 10 years ago in 2005.<br />Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-21142454985471780462015-08-25T11:31:23.548-04:002015-08-25T11:31:23.548-04:00It's obvious why this blog exists. It is an in...It's obvious why this blog exists. It is an ineffective vehicle that attempts to spread disinformation. That's why this post was tagged under "cooking the books" when the author knew all along nothing was going on in the kitchen. Thanks for the entertainment, lotsa fun, hope you enjoyed getting a little attention. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-14244475889808752942015-08-25T11:17:00.514-04:002015-08-25T11:17:00.514-04:00I don't really care if anyone in the state gov...I don't really care if anyone in the state government or the PLCB OR the unions reads the blog. Really don't. They're not the audience, never have been. You don't get that, never have. But that's okay. It's not for you, either. <br /><br />Glad to see you finally found where the money went. And it does show up, doesn't it? Even after you stamped your little feet and said it didn't. Keep on trolling, buddy. Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-49058771604981708072015-08-25T10:57:43.696-04:002015-08-25T10:57:43.696-04:00At the beginning of the 2011-12 fiscal year, the ...At the beginning of the 2011-12 fiscal year, the last year the loan appears on both sides of the ledger, to the most recent 2013-14report PLCB net assets have experienced a net change minus 32 million to a plus 77 million. Net gain of 109 million. Pretty amazing in just three years. Glad I dug deeper and found the good stuff, because you gave incomplete info. Bailment is still a work in progress with more vendors signing on.<br />Happy to hear you know the answer and are just stirring the pot. Keep up the good work. But you flatter yourself if you think anyone in Harrisburg reads this for more than laughs. With anonymous having so many personas you may have be deceiving yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-59968856279894299872015-08-25T09:53:01.143-04:002015-08-25T09:53:01.143-04:00Maybe I can make it easier for you. I'm not a...Maybe I can make it easier for you. I'm not asking this because I don't know, I'm asking this as the average citizen who wants an explanation. If those in favor of the state stores can't easily explain where $110 million went....that says something doesn't it?Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-18918696927582403682015-08-25T09:30:59.576-04:002015-08-25T09:30:59.576-04:00It isn't if the money is in the General Fund, ...It isn't if the money is in the General Fund, it is where it went in the PLCB. $110 million in liabilities is no longer on their balance sheet but liabilities didn't decrease by $110 million. You have the official PLCB page show us where the money went. That is the question that you so far haven't been able to answer. Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-50320877554555212172015-08-25T09:26:26.720-04:002015-08-25T09:26:26.720-04:00At the end of the fiscal year, tthe loan is paid. ...At the end of the fiscal year, tthe loan is paid. It all adds up to zero. You can't account for zero. Eliminating the need for the loan is also zero sum. The plus is in the general fund. <br />Funny how things tend to flip on this blog. No worries about me repeating myself. Feeding the troll when you just ate his lunch would be just plain stupid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-31831858420770953912015-08-25T09:03:40.561-04:002015-08-25T09:03:40.561-04:00"At the start of the cycle (fiscal year) you ..."At the start of the cycle (fiscal year) you have the $10. Not the dealer. Money you can use."<br /><br />That's the money we're talking about. You have the $10; you no longer have a $10 loan on the books balancing it, a $10 loan you've been floating for years. Where's the $10 go?<br /><br />You know I'm not going to let you just keep saying the same thing, right?Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-13410035769362397752015-08-25T08:45:08.663-04:002015-08-25T08:45:08.663-04:00The money is still in the general fund. Paying to ...The money is still in the general fund. Paying to keep the states business running while the budget fiasco continues. It was never borrowed. What don't you get? <br />To use your analogy a meth head borrows ten bucks. He buy a bunch of meth, portions it out in small packages and sells them for $15, then pays you back. He is ahead $5. The meth wholesalers begin to give him him the product on consignment. He takes the $10 worth of product, sells it for $15, pays the wholesaler, and again nets $5. The only difference is $10 didn't temporarilly disappear from your pocket. At the start of the cycle (fiscal year) you have the $10. Not the dealer. Money you can use. That is where we are at. The reader(s) get(s) it. Maybe you can post a different Charlie Sheen clip. "Winning" anyone? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-64593598774734371482015-08-25T08:19:41.483-04:002015-08-25T08:19:41.483-04:00I think I think I thought I thought...
So apparen...I think I think I thought I thought...<br /><br />So apparently you don't <i>know</i> anything? Just another Anonymous smear job? Keep muddying the waters.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-11145238724921957442015-08-25T07:17:41.992-04:002015-08-25T07:17:41.992-04:00Surely you're kidding. I think the first anon ...Surely you're kidding. I think the first anon answer was dead on. The hundred whatever whatever dollars the Plcb didn't need to borrow is still in the general fund. You are playing a shell game on the reader(s) implying I should show up in the LCB end of year financials. This is what happens when you find a funny video clip and try to build truth around an odd sense of humor. I thought you got it when you let the thread run off topic. I thought that and the subsequent meaningless posts were cover. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-52969084703171945512015-08-24T11:19:07.854-04:002015-08-24T11:19:07.854-04:00I'm sure an explanation to my question will be...I'm sure an explanation to my question will be forthcoming shortly.<br /><br />As soon as hell freezes over.Albert Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507998910770255971noreply@blogger.com