PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: The governor is preparing to roll out his much-anticipated plan to sell off the wholesale and retail operations of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, according to several groups with a stake in the liquor market who have met with the administration over the last two weeks to discuss the proposal. All shared details with The Inquirer on the condition that their names not be used so as not to alienate Corbett and his team as they work to complete their privatization plan.
Though he has yet to put anything in writing, the governor and his team are sending strong signals that they want the system squarely in private hands, and that they are leaning toward opening up the wine and beer market to grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants and taverns, and big-box stores.
One businessman who met with the governor’s aides described the administration’s tentative plans as “an all-out attack” on the state system that has been in place since Prohibition… (more)
EDITOR: Any chance of negotiating a trade of governors with New Jersey? We have no trust in anything that Corbett would propose, based upon his self serving and predatory record.
