Two Wrongs Seem to Make a Right for Wicomico Liquor Control Board
The Daily Times reports that the Wicomico County Council will consider abolishing the Wicomico County Liquor Control Board. The bottom line is fairly simple. Is the principle of an efficient free market more important that the revenue received from selling beer, wine and liquor? The answer should be a resounding yes; unless you are County Executive Rick Pollitt … or LCB member Ron Alessi.
Pollitt’s position is unfortunately too typical. He wants to straddle the issue, but wants to keep the money earned from the liquor business. We’ll discuss that again in a later post.
It seems that Alessi’s position is a bit more strange. To Alessi, two wrongs make a right. Since (according to Alessi) the Civic Center, County nursing home, and Salisbury University compete against private enterprise then the Liquor Control Board should be able to compete against liquor distributors, liquor stores and convenience stores. Go figure.
I believe that the Civic Center is a bad example. For purposes of liability alone, it’s not very wise to allow myriad private parties access to a county facility to prepare and/or provide food and drink. But the other two examples are valid. Does that mean that two wrongs make a right? Of course not. Perhaps Alessi believes that no action can be taken regarding the LCB unless action will be taken regarding the nursing home and SU. Does this make any sense?
After witnessing Alessi’s thought processes regarding doing work for the LCB and whether or not government should compete against private enterprise I believe that we are fortunate that Alessi did not succeed in his bid to become the county’s first County Executive.
cross posted at Salisbury News
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