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Miketurzai

  1. Booze News
    LCB’s ‘Convenience 2020’ Not So Convenient Here In 2012The program aims to make buying booze, beer and groceries a one-stop trip.
  2. Booze News
    Proposed Changes to Beer Sales Has Tavern Owners Bent Out of ShapeEfforts to allow beer distributors to sell six-packs could cut into bar-owners’ profits from take-out sales.
  3. Booze News
    Breaking: The Privatization Debate Is Officially Declared Dead!Lawmakers will spend what little time remains in this session working out the state’s budget.
  4. Booze News
    The Privatization Debate Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Dead In Its TracksThe debate will most likely continue, but who knows when?
  5. Booze News
    The Liquor Store Privatization Debate Appears to Be DeadLawmakers never resume debating the issue yesterday, and it’s doubtful they will before their summer break.
  6. Booze News
    Liquor Store Privatization Debate BeginsThere’s still no sign of whether or not it will pass.
  7. Booze News
    Liquor Store Privatization Going Nowhere FastAt least the conversation now includes beer distributors.
  8. Booze News
    Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting For Home Wine ShippingTurzai and supporters are still hoping that last year’s dead-in-the-water privatization bill still has a chance.
  9. Booze News
    Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back to the Liquor Store…One of privatization’s biggest supporters is sticking to his guns, and his State House seat.
  10. Booze News
    A New Proposal For Privatization Gets House Liquor Committee’s ApprovalThe new plan will allow beer distributors and supermarkets to sell wine, but doesn’t scrap the state store system.
  11. Booze News
    The Only Thing Pennsylvanians Hate More Than The LCB Are the Plans to Scrap ItCritics argue that a bill introduced earlier this doesn’t cut it.
  12. Booze News
    Not So Fast: LCB’s Privatization Caught in LimboThe pathway to privatization is a tough row to hoe.
  13. Booze News
    Pour One Out For the LCBThe study says that selling off the state’s liquor stores is what’s best for Pennsylvania, its finances and its residents.
  14. Booze News
    Sadly Cheap Boxed Wine Is Now the Center of the LCB Privatization DebateLCB CEO and Pennsylvania politicians just don’t see eye to eye when it comes to boxed wine.
  15. Booze News
    Can You Say ‘Kiosk-Gate?’Turzai unearthed an LCB internal memo that recommended that the booze board not get tangled up with the wine kiosks.
  16. Booze News
    It’s Game Over For PLCB’s ‘Worst Idea Ever’The machine’s makers are into the state for $1 million.
  17. Booze News
    No Big Surprise Here: Former PLCB Chair Jonathan Newman Backs PrivatizationThe former PLCB chair told crowds that privatization is now or never.
  18. Booze News
    The Wine School Hosts a ‘Historic Moment’ In the Battle to AbolishThough details on the “major development” are few, the Wine School is encouraging public support.
  19. Booze News
    The State’s Top GOP Senator Puts the Kibosh on Liquor Store PrivatizationWhen lawmakers return to Harrisburg in the fall they will have bigger fish to fry.
  20. Booze News
    Breaking: Turzai Unveils His Plan to Privatize the LCB; Corbett StillThe plan boasts a windfall for the state, but doesn’t explain what will replace lost revenue.
  21. Booze News
    PA Lawmaker Vows Liquor Store Privatization Bill Coming Sometime Next WeekThe bill is coming but will anyone be there when it’s introduced?
  22. PLCB Shenanigans
    Is a Twenty Year Grudge Really at the Heart of the Privatization Debate?The push to privatize started with a failed attempt to but Bailey’s Irish Cream.