Showing posts with label Reasons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reasons. Show all posts
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Why This Isn't Already Done

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This is something I just posted on the "Abolish the PLCB - Rewrite The Code!" Facebook group page (a group you're certainly e...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

Reason #16: Scary Booze!!!

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In Quakertonia , all gasoline and diesel fuel sales are made by the state's Fuel Control Board; kerosene and propane are sold by private...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

If you Read About this Blog in Michael Klein's column in the Inquirer...

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Greetings, and thanks for coming by. Let me give you a little navigation help. The discussion of the PLCB opening a 'store' in Jose ...
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Reason #14: It Makes No Difference

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The Liquor Control Board is a drag . It's a pain to have such a small number of booze outlets, dealing with the state's cumbersome,...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Reason #13: Who Needs 'Em?

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Thank you, Michael Hudson. Who is Michael Hudson , of Pottstown, PA, and why am I indebted to him? He's a Philadelphia Inquirer reade...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Reason #12: Show Me The Money

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Sorry about the long hiatus. I got side-tracked during August when we were traveling and vacationing , and then September got really busy. ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Reason #11: It's Your Move

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Try to imagine something more frustrating for a licensee, a business owner, than trying, trying honestly and energetically, to do the right...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Reason #10: 623 Reasons (wait, make that 596!)

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There are approximately 450 liquor stores in Washington, DC, for 581,000 people, in 61 square miles. There are 627 liquor stores listed ...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Reason #9: Can I Get A Ruling?

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Anyone know about growlers? Growlers are jugs of draft beer, filled and capped at the retailer level (bar, restaurant, club, brewpub), that...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Reason #8: The Octopus

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You remember the brilliant "winebot" idea? How the PLCB was going to get a contractor to open automated "wine kiosks" i...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Reason #7: One Problem, Everyone's Problem

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Take a look at this story . The PLCB's special order system broke down, and restaurants and taverns have been unable to place weekly boo...
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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Reason #6: the Pennsylvania Legislature

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I have to be fair about this; I don't like to, but I have to. The PLCB's constant refrain to criticism -- "We just enforce the ...
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Reason #5: For Us, Okay; For You, Forget It

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We already discussed how the PLCB has a personality split. One side of the agency wants to sell you booze (gotta make money at the State S...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Reason #4 -- the 18% Emergency Tax

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I remember the first time I visited Johnstown . I was driving in from Pittsburgh, and it had been raining heavily. The sky was still gray an...
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Friday, May 2, 2008

Reason #3 -- Where's the Beer?

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It's always a struggle when I try to explain Pennsylvania's booze-selling "system" to folks from outside the state. We don...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Reason #2 -- The Two-Headed Monster

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Mutations occur all the time in nature. Two-headed calves, wingless birds, albino alligators: they're not normal, they're not how th...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Reason #1 -- We're Adults

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Oh, where to begin? I knew when I started this that the tough part would be picking the first reason to abolish the PLCB. Should it be the ...
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