Nothing convenient about Pa. alcohol sales

Wendell Young IV obviously did not convince me. The head of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1776, who represents state store workers, was a guest on our ‘Live From the Newsroom’ show last week.

He made a passionate defense of keeping the system as is.

I happened to be in West Virginia a couple of weeks ago. Almost heaven? Well it is if you’re looking to buy beer. It’s one of the reasons they’re called “convenience” stores. And why no one will ever refer to the way Pennsylvania deals with beer and alcohol sales as anything even remotely “convenient.”

I explain in my print column.


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