Poll: 81% Choose Bootlegging Over PLCB Hikes
So just what effects do monopolies have on markets? You need look no further than Philadelphia this morning for the answer. An online Philadelphia Inquirer poll has found more…
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313 More Reasons to End PLCB Booze
Pop quiz: Who has to pay for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s $66 million (and growing) inventory software failure, a million-plus in the wine kiosk catastrophe or the…
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Boardwalk Empire Eyes Bourbon Bust
In 1933, a board game called Monopoly was created and Pennsylvanians took pride in seeing Keystone State references throughout. Sadly, another monopoly board game was created that year called the…
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Pennsylvania Pols Pass Potent Potables Perestroika
Today, the Pennsylvania House amended HB 11 and then sent it on to the full house for consideration. The first amendment guts any privatization of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control…
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WTF! Why the Failure?
In a move requiring mental gymnastics that would make even Nadia Comaneci pack it in, some Pennsylvania House members are praising an “historic” liquor privatization bill that cleared…
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PLCB Must End Costly Mission Conflict
Sadly, a recent Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board campaign sent just the opposite message to women across the state. The PLCB launched an ad campaign and Web site called Control Tonight to warn of the…
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PLCB Called on to Stop Wine and Spirits Advertising
The Commonwealth Foundation called for an immediate halt today by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board of taxpayer-funded advertising that promotes the sale of wine and spirits by the government-run monopoly.
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PLCB Rape Ad Illustrates Conflict of Interest
Like a pyromaniac preaching fire prevention, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is at war with itself in a costly conflict of interest that sees the agency wasting tax dollars. On…
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PLCB: Shhhhhh, Innovation Elves at Work
Season’s greetings, comrades, and welcome to the PLCB North Pole (see Pennsylvania Perestroika Palace) where cutting-edge innovation and creativity are at a fever pitch these days. But unlike…
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