What are the prospects for privatizing wine and liquor sales in Pennsylvania?
The state of Pennsylvania is the largest single purchaser of alcohol in the United States and the second-largest in the world. Monopolizing the market is the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, created in 1933. A new proposal in Harrisburg aims to sell the state-run liquor stores and privatize the industry. Lots of people already want to put a cork in the idea. C athy Stevens and Alice Skaff, relatives in town for a family reunion, had to make two shopping trips during a recent visit to the Yorktown Centre on West 12th Street in Millcreek Township. They bought their groceries at Giant Eagle. They bought their liquor at the state-run Wine & Spirits Store. Then they walked back to Giant Eagle to catch up with the rest of their group. Stevens and Skaff could not buy everything they needed in one place. The state of Pennsylvania won’t let them. It’s been like that since 1933, when the federal government repealed Prohibition and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board was born. The PLCB create
