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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
News / Biz ABC Board's in hot water
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Let me tell you about my holiday trip to Illinois: Liquor was for sale at gas stations, the grocery store, Wal-Mart and every other place you could by consumable merchandise. One liquor store -- bless their hearts -- was open on Christmas Day. And, guess what? Hell did not freeze over. No Bibles imploded. There were no news stories about wild, drunken masses in the streets. It was just business as usual.
So, what's our state's damn problem? Why do we have an ABC Board anyway? If you don't want to drink, don't drink. But "don't should on me," brother.
What a useless waste of tax payer dollars and resources.
State Alcohol Law Enforcement agents said the Mecklenburg County ABC Board and the liquor company Diageo broke state alcohol laws during a November dinner for the board at which Diageo paid the $9,000 tab.The agents charged the board with accepting illegal gifts and charged Diageo and one of its representatives with providing the gifts and unlawfully entering an ABC store for reasons other than conducting business.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article, by Mark Johnson, here.
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