First published in print: Saturday, January 30, 2010
The Jan. 22 story, "Wine sales plan aims to ease liquor store worries," might as well have been a press release for the big box stores that are looking to destroy small businesses across New York.
The so-called perks for liquor stores that would accompany the sale of wine in grocery stores, detailed in the story, are of little value to a store that is going out of business.
Small, mom-and-pop wine stores will be out of business overnight if Gov. David Paterson's job-killing plan is adopted. How many stores do you know that could sustain up to a 32 percent cut in income, as a Cornell University study projected would happen to wine sales income for liquor stores if grocery store sales were allowed?
The governor can promise store owners anything he wants because he knows that these phony perks are little more than public relations cover for helping big box stores put us out of business, just like the butcher, the baker and many other small businesses. He can't fool store owners, and we know the state Legislature will reject this bad idea again.
STEFAN KALOGRIDIS
President
NYS Liquor Store Association
Albany
http://www.nyslsa.com
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