WCLCB - Dispensary Changes Not Feasible?
Without a doubt, Bill Clinton’s greatest legacy will be his affect on rhetoric. Ignore every fact placed in front of you and stick to your message. A letter to the editor in Tuesday’s Daily Times from former Wicomico County Councilman Victor Laws ignores every fact and sticks to the WCLCB’s message - we must keep the dispensaries open.
According to Laws the county simply cannot afford to put retail and wholesale liquor sales where they belong - in the private sector. Mr. Laws contends that there is no method of replacing the revenue which would be lost by closing the antiquated dispensary system. Mr. Laws attempts to persuade readers that the only new revenue would come from the opening of four retail liquor stores.
It’s ironic that on one hand the WCLCB is trying to tell voters that there would be a liquor store on every corner and then have Laws trying to persuade us that only four stores would open. Actually, Laws is closer to the truth as to the number of stores that would open.
Laws’ logic fails when it comes to the source of revenues to replace the dispensary. Bar and club owners have voluntarily come forward and publicly stated that they would be happy to pay increased licensing fees in order to rid themselves of the dispensary system.
So far, the failed rhetoric of the WCLCB has been:
- We owe jobs to dispensary employees
- Wicomico County can’t replace the lost revenue
- Only the dispensaries enforce the liquor laws
- There will be a liquor store on every corner
- FREE Money
Eventually these guys might come up with an argument that holds water.
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