Legislators thwart direct wine sales -- again
A letter to the editor of The Baltimore Sun about "the sad situation in Annapolis regarding consumers' and sellers' inability to directly ship wine in Maryland":
Legislators thwart direct wine sales -- again
10:10 AM EST, March 8, 2010
Thanks to Julie Bykowicz's article in Saturday's Sun, "Wine Shipping
All Bottled Up" (Mar. 6) readers have a clearer picture of the sad
situation in Annapolis regarding consumers' and sellers' inability to
directly ship wine in Maryland. It is time to end the stalling tactics
of committee heads Sen. Joan Carter Conway (Baltimore City) and Del.
Dereck Davis (Prince George's County). While they claim to be
compromising, they are not. They are continuing to block their own
committee members (our legislators) from having a chance to vote on
bills to allow direct wine shipping. Is this any way to legislate?
Before the primaries, The Sun should publish the size of the
contributions the liquor lobby is giving to key members of the Maryland
legislature. Readers need to see the whole picture. Then they can vote
for members who are working in the public interest.
Dawson Ahalt, Frederick
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