Coalition to End the Liquor Monopoly

10/17/2014

Gov. Corbett says liquor privatization is one of the things he wants to accomplish in second term.

If Republican Gov. Tom Corbett gets elected to a second term, he said he'll try to get two proposals that failed to pass — pension reform and liquor privatization — through the General Assembly.

09/12/2014

By Andrew Staub | PA Independent HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Corbett already spent much of his summer traveling acros

08/18/2014

So says the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal:

"...It doesn’t require a law degree to recognize that selling liquor and enforcing the laws that control the public consumption of alcohol represent an inherent conflict of interest.

It’s time to let the private sector sell alcohol and let the state do what it’s supposed to do: tax it and enforce the laws governing it."

Now critics of the current system have another arrow in their liquor privatization quiver: consumer costs.

06/24/2014

"...The state has no business being in the booze business, a solid majority of Pennsylvanians favor reform, and it's time to get it done." -- The York Dispatch

Pennsylvania's liquor laws are more than a little odd. "The rules are ridiculous," said JoAnn Dalton, owner of American Vintage Bed and Breakfast in Stewartstown.

06/17/2014

Says the Bucks County Courier Times: "What is this no-brainer action the Legislature could take to painlessly alleviate a big portion of the deficit? Very simply: get the government out of the liquor business."

Ronald Reagan once said that “there are simple answers — they just are not easy ones.” Formerly PhillyBurbs

05/30/2014

Says it all:

After a brutally cold winter and unseasonably cool spring, many across the U.S. are looking forward to the arrival of summer, with several months of cookouts, sporting events, outdoor concerts, and vacations in the works. Unfortunately for Pennsylvanians and visitors to the Keystone State, when it c…

05/15/2014

As Harrisburg once again turns its attention to liquor privatization — and hopefully gets it right this time — the state's liquor store clerks union ...

05/09/2014

The Washington Observer-Reporter says, "Common sense tells us that the state has no business being involved in the wholesale or retail wine and liquor business. This is one of those cases where the private sector could almost assuredly do a better job than government..."

T hose who, like us, saw a glimmer of hope a couple of years ago when they viewed the initial proposal for privatizing Pennsylvania’s antiquated, consumer-unfriendly state liquor system wouldn’t recognize what’s currently being bounced around the state Senate. Initial legislative efforts, and even a…

05/08/2014

HARRISBURG -- Efforts stalled this week among state Senate Republicans trying to craft a bill to increase the availability of beer and wine in Pennsylvania, and with lawmakers adjourning Wednesday, the earliest the issue could see further action is June. A liquor sales overhaul and the privatization…

05/05/2014

After a week without introducing a new liquor privatization plan, some Senate Republicans think this week of session days could be when Pennsylvania's system of alcohol could take a step toward change. Unless it doesn't.

05/01/2014

Says the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Truth continues to be the first casualty in the liquor union's fight to preserve its non-reason for its existence and the Keystone State's liquor monopoly."

Bank of America says it made a $4 billion accounting error, as in it has $4 billion less capital than it thought. Not only did ...

04/28/2014

The Pennsylvania Senate is expected to take up liquor privatization this week. It remains to be seen if the plan that's been circulated among Senate leadership is popular enough to overcome the deadlock that have stalled others.

04/22/2014

Here’s a rule that applies in just about all scenarios: The simpler the better! Formerly PhillyBurbs

04/18/2014

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says it's time to get it done!

When will the Pennsylvania Legislature get serious about privatizing the commonwealth's archaic Prohibition-era wine and spirits monopoly? Perhaps budget and private-sector pressure finally will force ...

04/14/2014

HARRISBURG — Business groups including drugstores, grocery stores and some beer distributors are asking lawmakers to approve sale of Pennsylvania's state stores and enact a ...

03/23/2014

Supporters of liquor privatization are working on a compromise that would expand wine sales into grocery stores, restaurants and beer distributors but leave state liquor stores with the exclusive right to sell spirits such as whiskey, gin and vodka.

03/14/2014

It's making the process in Pennsylvania even more convoluted, as grocery stores look for ways to end run our crazy system. Let's end the liquor monopoly. Time to get it done!

(Harrisburg) -- As the liquor privatization debate bubbles up yet again in the halls of the state Capitol, some grocery stores have used existing law to sell beer and wine, and Lancaster County has its first store that offers beer. Wine, beer and liquor regulations can get complicated, but grocery s...

03/12/2014

How nice to be "infamous." It's time to end the monopoly in Pennsylvania!

A slew of proposed laws would loosen restrictions on the sale of booze.