US: Pa. gov recommends limiting private liquor stores
US: Pa. gov recommends limiting private liquor stores
Oct 27, 2011 6
(Businessweek) - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday released a long-awaited consultant's report that projects the privatization of liquor and wine sales in the state would generate as much as $1.6 billion from the sale of wholesale and retail licenses alone.
The governor also said he prefers a system that limits the number of wholesale and retail licenses -- an approach advocated by the Legislature's chief privatization advocate, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai -- rather than an alternative approach suggested by the consultant that would limit the number of wholesale licenses but allow unlimited retail licenses.
Corbett called Turzai's proposal "the place to start" in the simmering legislative debate over privatization.
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