BEAVER COUNTY TIMES: Republican Senate leaders are preparing to unveil their latest plan to overhaul Pennsylvania’s Prohibition-era liquor sales system when the Legislature reconvenes at the end of the month.
The leading proposal under discussion by Senate leadership would expand beer and wine sales into grocery stores, gas stations, beer distributors and other private retailers, while keeping hard liquor in state-run stores.
“We want to have a seamless experience for the residents, to be able go to Wegmans and buy wine and beer,” said state Sen. Chuck McIlhinney Jr., a Bucks County Republican, who’s been working to develop a revised plan with senators Dominic Pileggi and Joe Scarnati. “But that doesn’t mean we have to close and disrupt the whole system all at once. After 80 years of having it one way, we can kind of smooth into this.” … (more)
EDITOR: There is sense to this proposals, so long as State Stores continue to be allowed to sell wine.
