US: Will Washington Privatize Wine Sales?
US: Will Washington Privatize Wine Sales?
Oct 5, 2011 6
(Wines&Vines) - Washington state residents will have another chance to vote for reform of the state’s liquor regulations when they go to the polls Nov. 8. The ballot will include Initiative 1183, a sequel to last year’s unsuccessful Initiative 1100, which also had been spearheaded by Costco Wholesale Corp., the leading proponent of I-1183. Voters rejected I-1100 with 53.47% opposed and 46.57% in favor. Voter opinion will be tested this fall with I-1183, which “would close state liquor stores and sell their assets, license private parties to sell and distribute spirits, set license fees based on sales, regulate licensees and change regulation of wine distribution.”
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