HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Members of the state Liquor Control Board are making their case for preserving the more than 600 state stores that sell wine and liquor in Pennsylvania.
Board Chairman Skip Brion (bree-OHN') and member Robert Marcus told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday that the board is working to increase customer convenience. They also urged lawmakers to pass legislation allowing more state stores to open on Sundays and allowing consumers to order wine shipped directly to their homes.
Brion, who was appointed by Gov. Tom Corbett, says he personally believes liquor and wine sales should be privatized, as Corbett advocates, but vowed to work to make the agency profitable and consumer-friendly as long as the law stands.
Marcus says calls for privatization have created morale problems among thousands of state-store employees.
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