County staff said this week that liquidating the department — ending wholesale operations in the fall of 2016 and ceasing retail operations in the summer of 2017 — would cost the county somewhere between $1 million and $2.3 million.
“The worst case scenario is a $2.3 million loss,” said Sonny Bloxom, the county’s attorney. “We can get it down to $1 million or less if everything comes together.”
County officials have been discussing an exit plan for the Worcester County Department of Liquor Control (DLC) since its monopoly on the local liquor market ended in 2014. Though DLC officials estimated a 25-percent decline in revenues, losses were much more significant. The department lost $492,554 — eliminating its $400,000 reserve fund — in FY 2015.
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If we're lucky enough, Wicomico will do the same and let competition take over
They are competing now - for who can charge the most money. We go to Delmar for alcohol.
Do like Florida does and create the license and auction them to the highest bidder.
I like the 500,000 a year that comes to Wicomico County.
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