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  5 0 I have a great plan for one. It will have tastings and distillery speakers, etc, etc... but I wanted to make sure people know there is a difference between the TWO (2) ballots. There is I-1100 (the Costco one) and I-1105 (that's the one we want) Costco's backed plan doesn't leave a lot of room for "small" liquor stores. There is plenty of info online, here's a quote from the P.I. Neuman's I-1105 would allow private businesses to be licensed and begin selling spirits on Nov. 1 of next year; all state liquor stores would have to close by 2012. This measure directs the Liquor Control Board to set a "reasonable annual license fee" and also tells the agency to recommend a new tax rate to the Legislature by Jan. 1 of next year. The measure says the new tax rate should allow the state to recoup the same amount of money it makes now, with an aim to making even more. "Our initiative will increase the state revenue without increasing the markup rate," she said. Mark Sexauer answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Not only that, but think how many truly awful liquor stores will open. Some goober is going to try to sell booze and second hand baby toys and housepaint out of the same storefront. Lots of them are going to try to cut service, selection and ambiance to the bone to see how cheap they can sell booze. Lots and lots of crazy overpriced boutiques will open up where they borrow $200,000 just for the remodel before the store opens in the hopes that customers will line up around the block for $300 fifths of whiskey. Somebody will make a store that looks and smells exactly like all the current WSLCB stores. And then? You know what? They will fail! Yes! The crappy ones will fail, fail, fail! We can see their failure coming a mile away, and maybe have a dead pool, marking the days until the going out of business sale. Unlike the current status quo, where you get what you get and no matter how much they suck, they aren't permitted to fail and be replaced. I really think watching all the bad ones fall under the bus will be as much fun as enjoying all the good ones. elenchos answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 My vote says Rocky Yeh will open it and I hope it is in my neighborhood! KathyCaseyLiquidKitchen answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 I'm hoping some enterprising hybrid place (Sun Liquor might be in the running?) will combine bar + marketplace - so that one might BUY their liquor and then, if they so choose, have a qualified bartender make something fabulouso from it (or vice versa: bartender serves up samples using featured spirits, and then sells the bottled liquor/mixers for take-home use). (I get free drinks for the idea, right?) Rev.Enant answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 I don't know, but it sure will involve a different mindset if the initiative passes. I'm down in Los Angeles for the summer, and it takes a while to become accustomed to the idea that you can get everything you need (liquor-wise) at Ralph's (Kroger), or Von's (Safeway), or Albertson's, or Rite-Aid, or CVS, etc. They even have weekly specials! Makes life soooo much easier, my friends. Really, it does. Bauhaus answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 3 The government unions will stop Costco to protect their liquor store employees who control us by setting times we can buy liquor. chuckie answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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