Former LCB chief comes out in favor of privatizing State Stores

From the INQUIRER:

The man who once had the greatest say over what alcohol Pennsylvanians could drink has thrown his support behind the effort to take that control away from government and end the State Store system.

Jonathan Newman, the former chairman of the Liquor Control Board, said Tuesday that “the stars are perfectly aligned” to privatize the sale of wine and liquor in Pennsylvania – an endeavor that has failed under three previous governors.

“This is the year change is going to happen,” Newman said during a news conference at the Wine School of Philadelphia…

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