Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Idaho AP: Initiative to Privatize Liquor Sales May Need to Go Through Legislature
Posted by George Prentice on Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM
The Associated Press reports that Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said Tuesday that a plan to put an effort to privatize liquor sales before voters this November might be illegal.
The AP's John Miller reported that Wasden's office has reviewed a citizen's initiative looking to put the issue before voters this November, but Wasden concluded that the Idaho Legislature may have the ultimate say in the matter.
"In the event the initiative passes, this provision may reflect one avenue by which the initiative could be challenged under the Idaho Constitution," wrote Wasden.
The group behind the voter initiative, the Idaho Federation of Reagan Republicans, was still weighing its options. Another group looking to privatize liquor sales, the Northwest Grocery Association, has indicated that it would prefer to take up the matter in 2013 before the Idaho Legislature.
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Personally, I'd rather that the state keep the exclusive sales of hard liquor. I like to drink- I'm no tee-totaler. But I've also known people who have been badly injured by drunk drivers- and the kids who caused the wrecks weren't just sippin' a coupla wine coolers or a beer. This type of liquor initiative was pushed in Washington State, too- most of the backing for that was from Costco and the Grocer's Assoc. Yeah, it makes for great profits for those folks- *but* (and this is important!) it also puts the sale of harder liquor into the hands of inexperienced clerks, some of whom might not be so careful about who they're selling to. It also expands the hours during which a person can get ahold of the heavier stuff. It could be argued that people get blitzed on the lesser-octane drinks- and yeah, they do- however, letting the state keep it a little bit more controlled doesn't have a downside, as far as I'm concerned.
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