WCLCB - Did You Know? Part II
Yesterday’s post on the current shenanigans of the Wicomico County Liquor Control Board motivated me to visit their website. What did I find? More political advertising at the expense of Wicomico County taxpayers!
What greats you upon entering the WCLCB website?
Fact
By law, Wicomico County is paid quarterly all profit, after all expenses, from the sale of products in the dispensaries.
OR
The Board’s projected contribution to Wicomico County for 2008 will be $400,000. In addition, Wicomico County receives a portion of the sales tax collected from sales of products.
While there’s nothing horrible about this, we need to ask a question. Was this little ditty up on the website BEFORE the current discussion about abolishing the dispensary system?
The rest of the front page tells us all about serving the citizens of Wicomico County and reducing their tax burden. Sounds like another political advertisement again; and guess who paid for it?
Click the “About Us” link. More pablum telling us about all of the money flowing into the coffers of the Wicomico County government. I particularly love the part about the growth in contributions to the taxpayer. Of course they alway leave out the fact that the 2003 contribution was over $508,000. I wonder why?
Here’s the bottom line folks. I don’t mind the WCLCB tooting their own horn a little. BUT… they are not the ones paying for nespaper ads, or fancy postcards, or websites. YOU ARE!
If someone from the WCLCB says that you’re not, that is a complete fabrication.
REMEMBER
Any money spent by the WCLCB that is not for LEGITIMATE expenses is money that rightfully belongs to the Wicomico taxpayer. Were those changes in the website legitimate expenses to sell liquor? How about those full page newspaper ads? The postcards?
The WCLCB will continue to dip into your pocket until our legislators have the moral courage to go to Annapolis and abolish it!
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