Booze in the great state of Pennsyltucky

[SteveDallas]

Some of you may recall a thread about booze purchases in Pennsylvania--well you'll love this one! I received the standard brochure from our state senator a few days back. It was the usual stuff explaining what a wonderful job she was doing and how fabulously she was representing her darling constituents in Harrisburg. One of the pieces of legislation she worked on which passed & was signed now allows Pennsylvanians to buy wine via the Internet or other mail order, something which was previously illegal!! WOW!! shocking! Oops, I read it a second time. The wine is supposed to be delivered to "a convenient state liquor store nearby" which will then allow you to pick it up. Oh, the vendor you buy from has to be licensed by Pennsylvania, and needless to say no sales of wines that are carried by state-run stores is allowed. If you'd like a laugh, read the whole thing.


In other news, there is a brandy-brand new fancy state store in downtown Philadelphia. It's supposed to stifle everybody's desire to buy liquor in more liberal states nearby. I'd love to hear from anybody who's visited it (I probably won't be in that neighborhood for a while) and can tell us what it's like. Maybe even a job for Tony, remembering the wine forum he used to host in the olden days.

(Oh, and I'm not going to debate the whole issue of federalism vs. states' rights. All I'm going to say is, people who think it's self-evident that moving power from the federal government back to the states is a Good Thing(tm) have never actually dealt with a state government.)

(edited to clean up a couple typos & how could I forget to add the beer smilie?????)