Regulation

PLCB’s Sultan of Syrah Surrenders Silently

  • January 21, 2013

For those in the public relations business, a state-issued news release dropped on a weekend buttressed by a holiday is the media equivalent of the midnight pay raise.  But that’s…

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PLCB Chair Tastes Sour Grapes, Selects Probe

  • October 31, 2012

Waiting for the new Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board booze boss to make a monopolistic menu of Chairman’s Selection?  Well there’s a new sommelier in town and he’s found a great new…

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Regulation

Trib: PLCB Bottling Lies

  • October 25, 2012

Forget for a moment ongoing ethics investigations concerning Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board execs and the myriad of reasons to brand the Barons of Booze an abomination.  For the…

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Decipher PLCB Clues, Taxpayers Lose

  • October 22, 2012

Do you remember playing the board game Clue?  It was one of my favorites as a kid; I loved deducing who committed the crime, in what room, and with…

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Regulation

Booze Bosses Busted?

  • August 22, 2012

The unethical behavior of top Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board executives, including “CEO” Joe Conti, has landed the Kings of Cabernet under investigation by the state Ethics Commission. The…

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Regulation

Liquor Lies Dropping Like Flies

  • August 6, 2012

State-run liquor store advocates are watching as their most commonly trumpeted arguments drop like flies in recent weeks. First there’s the debunking of the erroneous claim that government-run liquor…

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Government Accountability

‘Shocked and Appalled’ by PLCB

  • July 24, 2012

You’ve heard of shock and awe?  Well here is ‘shock and appalled,’ brought to you by the duplicitous, doublespeaking Deacons of Distilleries who are at it again, this time dumping…

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Kings of Cabernet Caught Grabbing Grift, Gifts, Golf

  • June 19, 2012

So how do some alcohol vendors become wine winners and others liquor losers under a state-run monopoly?  Well, a scathing new report by the Inspector General’s Office, broken this…

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Regulation

EXPOSED: PLCB Wine Shrine Uncovered

  • May 9, 2012

Nothing to see here, folks, move along and remain quiet, we are busy protecting your palettes. That’s the dismissive reaction to taxpayers from Pennsylvania Liquor Control boss Joe Conti whose defense…

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