Showing posts with label other opinions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label other opinions. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2013

Let's Play "Spot the Lies!"

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In the world of privatization, it seems that some opinions can't be bothered to rely on pesky things like truth, opting instead to buil...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

"I am a producer of fine wine..."

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I just got this comment on another story I posted today, and I thought it deserved fuller treatment , so I'm putting it up as a post. Un...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Just Imagine...

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If you had a clean slate, could lay things down the way you think would be best for selling alcohol beverages in Pennsylvania... how would y...
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Retail Booze Privatization: why HB11 doesn't cut it

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HB 11 , a bill proposed by House Majority Leader Mike Turzai back in July, is still the standard bearer for privatization. Privatization cur...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

And I thought Joe Da CEO was clueless...

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Check out this tone-deaf defense of the wine "kiosk" debacle by PLCB Chairman PJ Stapleton in today's Inquirer .So much amazi...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A response from the opposition

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As noted earlier, I received some lengthy comments about Rep. Turzai's plan that, although presented as "neither for or against,...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

"PR": please call me

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I just got a lengthy series of four comments on Rep. Turzai's proposed privatization bill from someone signing themselves "PR....
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

A response to one anti-privatization talking point...

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John Rzodkiewicz, who is apparently a State Store employee (at least, that's what he claims on his Facebook profile, and I have no reas...
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Amazing: PLCB apologist

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Phillywinefinder.com is a well-known supporter of the PLCB's wine "program." PWF is a frequent commenter on Philly bulletin ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Poor bride...

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Here's a story of just how handy and cooperative the State Store System is. A bride spends hours planning her wedding wine list: variet...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

What the Winos are thinking

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I have to assume this thread on PhiladelphiaSpeaks.com reflects what the wine-lovers are thinking. They don't like the PLCB, and who ca...
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Nice summation

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Take a look at this "Liquor Privatization Roundup" from John Geeting at his Lehigh Valley Independent blog. The payoff is key: ...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Big anti-PLCB piece in Philadelphia Weekly

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The issue of Philadelphia Weekly that came out yesterday features a lengthy anti-PLCB screed by Tom Cowell; nice work. (There was a good e...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Wino 9000

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Okay, it's silly and juvenile, but I'll admit it: I giggled. Take a look at someone who has treated the wine kiosk ideas with exact...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Pocono Record has it right...

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Oh, yeah, brother: preach it : ...the wine kiosks smack more than a little of Big Brother. Without a live person monitoring wine purchases...
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Monday, December 21, 2009

"How to Avoid Selling Wine in Pennsylvania"

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Nicely done piece on the "wine kiosks" at Vinography; go have a look . Here's how it starts: So if you had a bunch of groc...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Didja Forget About the Courtesy Contract?

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Do you remember how pissed off everyone was about the PLCB's "courtesy training contract?" Back in March, it came out that t...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

"More proof: State should exit liquor business"

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That's a quote from the Harrisburg Patriot-News editorial page . They're citing a study from the Commonwealth Foundation for Public...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Divesting the PLCB: how and why

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Two years ago the Reason Foundation presented a study to the PA Legislature on how and why we should privatize the Pennsylvania Liquor Contr...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Conti Speaks!

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Interesting interview with Joe "CEO" Conti on the new Grub Street Philadelphia site. Kirsten Henri asked him about the "w...
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