tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post7322072269411956889..comments2024-03-13T11:10:25.333-04:00Comments on Why The PLCB Should Be Abolished: Chairman's Selection? Or Chairman's Dumping Ground?Lew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-18041408392032055022017-07-11T19:14:56.295-04:002017-07-11T19:14:56.295-04:00Excellent post. I am going through many of these i...Excellent post. I am going through many of these issues <br />as well..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-4264648306910601492009-07-20T12:40:11.153-04:002009-07-20T12:40:11.153-04:00see how many managers had dui and are running thes...see how many managers had dui and are running these state stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-56668786513640689852009-07-06T22:08:06.132-04:002009-07-06T22:08:06.132-04:00Since Sam brought up the Premium Selection Stores,...Since Sam brought up the Premium Selection Stores, it's worth pointing out that the designation doesn't really mean much anymore either. The PSS in my hometown has every flavor of Smirnoff and every vintage and variety of Yellowtail, but if you want one of good French wines like you read about in magazines, or rye whiskey, or non-rap-star cognac (to say nothing of armagnac), or sake or mead or any dozen other things, your tastes and interests are just too premium.<br /><br />Also, I disagree that the PLCB was ever anything even remotely resembling progressive, except in the sense that progressives were partly responsible for the temperance movement to begin with (we've since come to our senses and resumed drinking, thankfully). The PLCB is and always has been operated under the democratic equivalent of a royal letter patent. It may have been better (or at least less badly) run previously, but lots of reactionary movements are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-13600132376174703692009-07-01T22:17:23.132-04:002009-07-01T22:17:23.132-04:00Yeah, Anony, I can just hop across the border here...Yeah, Anony, I can just hop across the border here in landlocked State College. Nice try. <br /><br />Premium Selection Stores(TM?) used to have individual wine buyers to select wines that locals preferred, but no more. Now those employees are just floor walkers like the rest. Now Harrisburg tells every store what they can stock, and how many fronts to give those items, if the store can even get them.<br /><br />Fast Eddie The Patronage King has turned the once semi-progressive LCB into not only a dumping ground for wines and spirits, but also for cronies that have been voted out of office and have no idea how to run a retail monopoly. Joe Conti will be the lightning rod in the eventual restructuring of the Almighty Liquor Code(TM?) via the Sheetz incentive that's taking place as we speak.<br /><br />Ask any state store (what an amazing phrase in the 21st century!) employee what they think of the current administration. They all hate them as much as we do. Their dignity has been crushed as much as ours, and we all deserve better.sam knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-25937358709968039492009-07-01T13:36:16.564-04:002009-07-01T13:36:16.564-04:00just hop across the border. It's not that far ...just hop across the border. It's not that far :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com