Sale of Virginia ABC stores won’t happen this session
Published: February 9, 2010
Updated: February 9, 2010
Legislation to sell state-owned liquor stores and devote the proceeds to transportation won’t pass this session.
Sen. Mark Obenshain effectively withdrew his measure today to divest the state of its Alcoholic Beverage Control stores.
The Harrisonburg Republican said he did it so Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell could study the measure that was a pillar of the transportation funding plan he advanced in his successful campaign last year.
Obenshain said the bill would await a special session on transportation, should McDonnell call one, or next year’s regular session.
McDonnell claimed that selling the state-owned liquor retailers would generate about $500 million for transportation, an estimate many experts question.
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It doesn’t matter if the sale generates one cent…the state has no business owning and running ABC stores when it can be done by the private sector therefore helping shrink the size of state government. North Carolina also owns and operates ABC stores…there the C stands for Corruption!
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