Public Action Management: WIG is a bad idea.

Pamela Erickson had this to say to the Joint Study Committee on Wine in Grocery Stores for the state of Tennessee on December 8, 2009.

Tennessee Testimony

Healthy Alcohol Marketplace

Here is a recent report that talks about the danger of cheap, widely available alcoholic beverages. This is precisely what the three tier, controlled distribution system that works so well in New York keeps from happening. Don't be fooled by the big box stores' chants of convenience and free and open markets. The CEO's of these firms live in gated communities and their kids go to private schools. It's the rest of us that will pay the price so they can suck a few more profit dollars out of our community. Just say NO to cheap wine available at every grocery, convenience store, bodega and gas station. Don't let the history of the UK be repeated in New York.

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Myths and Facts about Wine-in-Groceries

The problem with critiquing the wine-in-grocery issue is that it is so complex a topic that it is very difficult for most non-combatants, i.e., the general public, to wrap their head around it.  In an effort to make it easier to focus on the important arguments I decided to break the issue down into a series of easily digestible pieces.

Presented in the form of "myths and facts" I hope it helps remove some of the complexity and helps people to better understand why this is such a bad idea for New York.  You may re-publish or use this document as you see fit, I only ask that you do not add or subtract from it and attribute it to this web site:

WIG Myth & Fact