Regulation
PLCB’s Sultan of Syrah Surrenders Silently
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
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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Trib: PLCB Bottling Lies
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
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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Booze Bosses Busted?
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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Liquor Lies Dropping Like Flies
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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‘Shocked and Appalled’ by PLCB
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
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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EXPOSED: PLCB Wine Shrine Uncovered
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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