Folks, the ink is so wet on the latest sponsored legislation - House Bill 1522 - that details on the exact language is not even available to the general public.
Just a couple of years ago Liquor legislation was sponsored for Worcester County whereby their borrowing authority was increased from 1 million to 3 million dollars. Then it was increased again in 2005 from 3 million to 5 million - HB 91. Now, once again, for a - third time in just a short period - our elected Delegates are proposing to increase the Liquor borrowing authority by another 5 million dollars to 6 million dollars. The last time it was raised in Worcester County the Liquor Control Board bought one of the largest warehouse facilities available in the entire County, former Pilchard Bros.
What population could possibly warrant such a massive influx of alcohol? And I thought Wicomico's Liquor Borrowing Authority was high at $1 million dollars. All I can say is that I hope there is someone on the Worcester County Commissioners who is also requesting emergency funding for additional AA branches and 12 step program funding.
For those of you who haven't realized what Worcester's primary industry is . . . it's not tourism . . . . it's more like its newly found wealth in alcohol.
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15 comments:
If these entities are so sucessful why do they need to keep asking for more taxpayer money?
Does the GM for Wicomico liquors still hang out at Breaktime from 1PM until 4 PM everyday? A DUI should warrant his demise.
Where are you going to hang out and do nothing now? Having sales people buy you drinks since I've outed you pencil neck?
Oh and by the way Justin, I also called a county council person to report your 1PM to 4PM bottled lunches and they were already aware. I hope Mike Lewis pulls you over and treats you the way you treat your employees. I have shoes older than you ***hole.
signed: liquor boy
Ref: 10:32 Posting
If I were the Worcester County Sheriff and Wicomico County Sheriff, I would also ask the legislators to sponsor more legislation to fund more sobriety checkpoints to match the increase in alcohol funding. It's really a no-brainer.
Increase Alcohol + People = More DWIs
They did the same thing to the American Indians. Our ancestorial politicians fed the Indians whiskey and then negotiated with them to give them land.
No different in what Mathias and Conway has done. Conway did the same thing with the Perdue Stadium when he sponsored Liquor legislation to override the Wicomico County Council's ban on the substance.
I guess they figure than can just keep the general population drunk and they'll never know what hit them.
FYI;
AA does not accept outside contributions.
Tradition 7 - Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
Reprinted from the book Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)
with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
5:09, keeping the general population drunk has never been a challenge, I'm having Merlot, thank you. Can we just admit that American culture is soaked in booze, obsessed with sex, and always ready for a good time?
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You must be British. That's exactly what they said during WWII when Churchhill ordered the entire British population to open-up their houses to accomodate American troops.
Does Worcestor County still have a dispensary system in place for selling liquor or is it unregulated like in some other counties in Maryland?
And one more thing....why is it that cigarettes have more than tripled in price in my lifetime thanks to tobacco taxes but alcohol tax has remained stagnant?Just a question.
9:01 and 10:32,
Do you all know any facts before you rag on Justin? He's not affiliated with the Liquor Control Board, county council, or any other group. He is simply the manager of the retail stores that are regulated by the county. 100% of the profits from his stores go to the county, to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars every year (a very high source of revenue for Wico). So who cares if he goes to happy hour a little early every day? He's not an elected official, he doesn't owe anybody anything, and his job gets done.
Yes Worchester has the dispensary system. However they do more to promote it than curb it.
Good point Totmom, alcohol has more of an imapct on innocent others because of DUI accidents, sometimes killing people. The tax should be much higher than cigarettes.
If he was working instead of drinking don't you think he could cut staff hours a hair and be able to contribute more money to the county? Drinking on the clock is a huge liability for that system, I guess their own board doesn't care?
They are not regulated by the county, they are a state entity unto themselves with no accountability. I'm waiting to see that $450,000 he projected to hand over to the county this year. We don't forget.
what in the world does a Dispensary system have to do with "regulating" alcohol"???...it does nothing of the kind...it is, pure and simple, a revenue raising scheme...objective people would call it a tax.
By the way....only three counties still adhere to the absurd dispensary system...and Wicomico has one of the highest alcohol and drug addiction rates per capita in the state...so where is the "regulation"?....what a crock!
I think only one Western Shore county,Montgomery,has a dispensary system.
The county run dispensaries on the Shore contribute a buttload of revenue to the counties they are in,money that otherwise would not be available without higher taxes
4 counties, Wicomico, Somerset, Worchester and Montgomery. Montgomery county contributes over $4,000,000 a year to their county coffers.
A lot more competition up there too. Where's the money? Oh yes to pay for liquor store employees to take a ride around the track at Dover Downs in a nascar. How about that? How much you think that cost the taxpayers?
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